Grahame Morris MP: written questions 2025
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Oasis Restore Secure School: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults at the Oasis Restore secure school at Medway have been reported to the police since it opened.
Answer: The latest published statistics for assaults relate to the period up to 31 March 2025. During that period, there were 31 assaults on staff and 10 child-on-child assaults. The total number reported to the police was five or fewer: it is not possible to pro...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOasis Restore Secure School: WeaponsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many weapons have been found at the Oasis Restore secure school at Medway since it opened.
Answer: The latest published statistics for assaults relate to the period up to 31 March 2025. During that period, there were 31 assaults on staff and 10 child-on-child assaults. The total number reported to the police was five or fewer: it is not possible to pro...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOasis Restore Secure School: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children-on-children assaults have occurred at the Oasis Restore secure school at Medway since it opened.
Answer: The latest published statistics for assaults relate to the period up to 31 March 2025. During that period, there were 31 assaults on staff and 10 child-on-child assaults. The total number reported to the police was five or fewer: it is not possible to pro...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOasis Restore Secure School: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on staff have occurred at the Oasis Restore secure school at Medway since it opened.
Answer: The latest published statistics for assaults relate to the period up to 31 March 2025. During that period, there were 31 assaults on staff and 10 child-on-child assaults. The total number reported to the police was five or fewer: it is not possible to pro...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOasis Restore Secure SchoolMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been held at the Oasis Restore secure school at Medway in each month since it opened.
Answer: The number of children at the secure school at the end of each month, to the end of July 2025, is shown in the table below. The average age was 16. Aug 2024Sep 2024Oct 2024Nov 2024Dec 2024Jan 2025Feb 2025Mar 2025Apr 2025May 2025Jun 2025Jul 2025Number of c...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProsperous Life: InsolvencyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to investigate the conduct of Kroll Advisory Ltd in its role as administrator of Prosperous Life; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that affected consumer
Answer: All insolvency practitioners (IPs), including those at Kroll Advisory Ltd, are authorised and regulated by recognised professional bodies, which operate under the Secretary of State’s oversight. Matters of concern about IP conduct are the responsibility o...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Shipbuilding Office and UK Hydrographic OfficeMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Strategic Defence Review on the (a) budget and (b) headcount of the (i) UK Hydrographic Office and (ii) National Shipbuilding Office.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) sets a path for the next decade and beyond to transform Defence and make the UK stronger both at home and abroad. The Government endorses the Review's vision and accepts all 62 recommendations. The potential impact of th...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: SercoMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all live maritime service contracts his Department has with subsidiaries of Serco Limited.
Answer: SD Victoria and SD Northern River currently operate under the Serco Continued Procurement of Marine Services contract which expires on 30 September 2025. From 1 October 2025, the two vessels will operate the under the Serco Defence Marine Service Offshore...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: SercoMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) cost and (b) duration are for the contract between his Department and Serco Marine Services for the support vessels (i) SD Victoria and (ii) SD Northern River.
Answer: SD Victoria and SD Northern River currently operate under the Serco Continued Procurement of Marine Services contract which expires on 30 September 2025. From 1 October 2025, the two vessels will operate the under the Serco Defence Marine Service Offshore...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Fleet AuxiliaryMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the transfer of Stirling Castle from the Royal Fleet Auxillary to the Royal Navy on the operational capacity of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Answer: The transfer of Stirling Castle from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) to the Royal Navy allows the RFA to direct its resources to crew and maintain other vessels in its inventory, optimising readiness to support Defence’s outputs.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism and Publishing: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Strategic Priorities Grant funding changes on long-term skills provision in (a) journalism and (b) publishing.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Easington to the answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 63373.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with the (a) National Council for the Training of Journalists and (b) National Union of Journalists on the Strategic Priorities Grant funding changes for journalism education.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Easington to the answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 63373.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism and Publishing: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to high-cost subject funding on student access to (a) journalism and (b) publishing courses.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Easington to the answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 63373.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding will be reprioritised away from (a) journalism, (b) media studies, (c) publishing and (d) information services courses in the most recent Strategic Priorities Grant; and to which subject areas
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Easington to the answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 67279.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated through the Strategic Priorities Grant to (a) journalism, (b) media studies, (c) publishing and (d) information services courses in each of the last three years.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Easington to the answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 67279.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department will underwrite New Fair Deal for staff transferring from further education colleges to the private sector in t
Answer: The application process is managed by the supplier and so no such assurance can be provided by the Department. As the scheme employer, the Department works proactively with suppliers supporting early applications being made to obtain admitted body status ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243 on Prisons: Education, what guidance her Department has provided to private-sector providers of prison education on establishing contingency plans in the e
Answer: The Department works with the supplier to ensure migration plans and post migration plans have a confirmed process for maintaining the pension status until the supplier is fully admitted.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department has made any assurances to private-sector providers of prison education as to whether the admitting process to
Answer: The application process is managed by the supplier and so no such assurance can be provided by the Department. As the scheme employer, the Department works proactively with suppliers supporting early applications being made to obtain admitted body status ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department has made any assurances to private-sector providers of prison education in the event that applications to relev
Answer: The Department has not made any such assurances to private-sector providers of prison education. Instead, as the scheme employer, the Department works collaboratively with suppliers to assist in the completion of their Admissions Agreement(s) to the appro...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether it is her expectation that private-sector providers of prison education will apply directly to relevant public-sector pension
Answer: It is the expectation that private-sector providers of prison education will apply directly to relevant public-sector pension schemes to seek admitted body status. The Department will collaborate with suppliers to achieve admittance to relevant pension sc...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, what guidance was given to her Department by (a) HM Treasury and (b) other Departments on the application of New Fair Deal to prison e
Answer: The Department followed guidance from His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT), at the time of tender publication, and included all the relevant details to bidders on the application of the New Fair Deal (NFD) in the Invitation to Tender documentation.Further informa...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether prison educators who transfer from further education colleges to the private sector as a result of new Prison Education Servic
Answer: I can confirm that staff transferring from further education colleges to the private sector will have access to (a) the Local Government Pension Scheme and (b) the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether New Fair Deal will apply to prison educators transferring from further education colleges to the private sector as a result of
Answer: I can confirm that the New Fair Deal will apply. The Department will honour the Government pension policy set by His Majesty’s Treasury.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 64014 on Food Supply, by what metrics his Department (a) measures and (b) forecasts annual domestic food production.
Answer: Defra produces a comprehensive set of metrics to measure annual domestic food production but does not produce forecasts of domestic food production. These statistics cover a wide range of indicators, including: Arable & Horticultural crop areasCrop yi...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the eligibility criteria for local authorities to qualify to be a pilot area for a financial allowance for kinship carers.
Answer: All local authorities are eligible to apply for the Kinship Allowance Pilot, except for those which have received a section 114 notice and/or already offer a regular financial allowance that matches the National Minimum Allowance (NMA) to kinship carers w...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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