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1648826

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ACRO Criminal Records Office: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing times for applications to the Criminal Record Office through the ACRO website were for (a) police certificates, (b) international child protection certificates, (c) subject access requests and (d) record deletion were in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>On 21 March ACRO were notified that their external website had been subject to a malware attack and that their website should be taken down for security purposes. Security investigations are ongoing. In the meantime, applications for a) police certificates, (b) international child protection certificates, and (c) subject access requests are being processed manually. Applications for record deletion are not made using the ACRO website portal.</p><p>The average processing times since the cyber incident are as follows:</p><p>a) Police certificates: 12.23 working days to complete;</p><p>b) International Child Protection Certificates: 14.37 working days to complete;</p><p>c) Subject Access Requests: 16.94 working days to complete;</p><p>The standard turnaround for these services would usually be 10 days or one month in the case of subject access requests. These times do not include applications that came to ACRO in the wrong format or without the required supporting documentation or payment.</p><p>ACRO can be contacted on 023 8047 9920 or by post at: ACRO, PO Box 481, Fareham PO14 9FS.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 191774 question first answered 04/07/2023 16:32:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1648827

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ACRO Criminal Records Office: Correspondence and Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish a (a) telephone number and (b) correspondence address for the ACRO service for people do not have computer facilities.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>On 21 March ACRO were notified that their external website had been subject to a malware attack and that their website should be taken down for security purposes. Security investigations are ongoing. In the meantime, applications for a) police certificates, (b) international child protection certificates, and (c) subject access requests are being processed manually. Applications for record deletion are not made using the ACRO website portal.</p><p>The average processing times since the cyber incident are as follows:</p><p>a) Police certificates: 12.23 working days to complete;</p><p>b) International Child Protection Certificates: 14.37 working days to complete;</p><p>c) Subject Access Requests: 16.94 working days to complete;</p><p>The standard turnaround for these services would usually be 10 days or one month in the case of subject access requests. These times do not include applications that came to ACRO in the wrong format or without the required supporting documentation or payment.</p><p>ACRO can be contacted on 023 8047 9920 or by post at: ACRO, PO Box 481, Fareham PO14 9FS.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 191773 question first answered 04/07/2023 16:32:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1648889

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a shipping fuel levy from 2025 on all (a) domestic and (b) international shipping from 2025, rising to a level consistent with the Government's carbon value by 2035.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In March 2022, the Government published a consultation package with the UK ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) Authority, exploring options to expand the scheme to include emissions from domestic maritime. The Government response to the consultation will be published in due course.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The UK is pressing for greater ambition during the review of the International Maritime Organization Initial Greenhouse Gas Strategy in July and continues to monitor developments of international and regional carbon pricing instruments covering shipping to consider how they may interact with our domestic policy.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government keeps all taxes under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">On 3 July 2023 the UK ETS (Emission Trading Scheme) Authority confirmed its plans to expand the UK ETS to include emissions from domestic maritime, following on from our commitment to explore economic incentives in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK is pressing for greater ambition during the review of the International Maritime Organization Initial Greenhouse Gas Strategy in July and continues to monitor developments of international and regional carbon pricing instruments covering shipping to consider how they may interact with our domestic policy.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The government keeps all taxes under review and any changes are announced by the Chancellor at fiscal events.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/07/2023 08:40:49 question first ministerially corrected 05/07/2023 10:32:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 85314 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1648890

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a mandate for zero emission shipping fuel to reach five per cent of the UK fuel blend by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is exploring a range of policy options to increase the use of alternative fuels in maritime and will report on this work as part of the refreshed Clean Maritime Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/07/2023 08:42:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1648596

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Planning Permission: Durham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many planning applications refused by Durham County Council have been (a) referred and (b) overturned by the Planning Inspectorate in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Planning Inspectorate publishes data on planning decisions at the following <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fplanning-inspectorate-appeals-database&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C4a1ab39e3a0c4a0ce5d408db7bba2973%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638239811700280600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=AK3jRngBOwqzDMLU2cxACjBQdIp8nF3zHMiEUbsthxs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a>.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 03/07/2023 11:47:35 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1648634

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Capita: Hacking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to assess the impact of the data breach of Capita systems in March 2023 on Government Departments; and whether any Government data was compromised by the data breach.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office, the Financial Conduct Authority and the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) have been working with Capita to understand any risks to government data following the incident in March. Capita has acknowledged that some data was exfiltrated from less than 0.1% of its server estate; our understanding to date is that this includes a very limited impact to public sector data.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 03/07/2023 15:00:06 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1648114

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the Prison Education Framework contract will be updated to account for inflation; and which inflation figure will be used when updating that contract.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Indexation is applied on 1 April each year under the Prison Education Framework contract terms. Any adjustments are based on the most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation value published before the 1 April indexation point which is typically the value published in March each year.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/07/2023 08:25:39 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1648115

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Service: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2023 to Question 184944, Prison Service: Dismissal, what proportion of prison staff aged 60 or over were dismissed from service because of medical inefficiency in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of staff, aged 60 and over in HM Prisons (including YCS) who left for reasons of ‘Dismissal - Unsatisfactory attendance’ or ‘Dismissal - Medical Inefficiency’ is given in the table below. Between January 2017 and December 2019, cases of ‘Dismissal - Medical Inefficiency’ were recorded as ‘Dismissal - Unsatisfactory attendance’ on our internal reporting system, and so these have been combined in the response throughout the time series.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1: Proportion of prison staff aged 60+<sup>1</sup> who were dismissed due to medical inefficiency/unsatisfactory attendance<sup>2</sup>, from 01 April to 31 March; 2013/14 to 2022/23</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>(headcount)</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of prison staff aged 60+ dismissed due to medical inefficiency/unsatisfactory attendance</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1. Age as at time of leaving</p><p>2. From January 2017 to December 2019, information regarding dismissals as a result of medical inefficiencies were recorded as unsatisfactory attendances. Therefore, these categories have been combined here throughout the timeseries.</p><p> </p><p>Prison officers are part of the Civil Service Pension Scheme which has a pension age linked to the individuals state pensions age – this is between 65 and 68 depending on their date of birth. This is the same for HMPPS in England and Wales as it is for the Scottish Prison Service.</p><p>This is a defined benefit scheme which pays a pension for life without investment uncertainties. It has one of the lower employee contribution rates across the public sector, whilst employer contributions are 27%</p><p>Whilst the fire and police service pensions have a lower retirement age of 60, members of these schemes pay between 12% and 14% contributions, whereas prison officers pay only 5.45%</p><p>HMPPS takes very seriously the health and safety of all prison staff – whatever their age. All prison officers who joined the service after April 2001 must pass an annual fitness test in order to remain a prison officer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/07/2023 16:56:58 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1648116

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Early Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2023 to Question 184942, Prison Service: Early Retirement, what proportion of prison staff aged 60 or over retired due to (a) ill health and (b) injury in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	191282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of prison staff aged 60 and over who left HMPPS due to ‘ill health retirement’ is given in the following table. Figures are presented annually for the last ten years.</p><p>There is not a specific, centrally held, leaving reason for ‘injury’ and so this part cannot be answered.</p><p>The data provided relates to headcount and not FTE.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Proportion of prison staff aged 60+<sup>1</sup> who retired due to ill health<sup>2</sup>, from 01 April to 31 March; 2013/14 to 2022/23</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of prison staff aged 60+ who retired due to ill health</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of retiring prison staff 60+ who retired due to ill health</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>0.10%</p></td><td><p>0.57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>0.20%</p></td><td><p>1.28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>0.20%</p></td><td><p>1.65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>0.30%</p></td><td><p>2.54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>0.20%</p></td><td><p>1.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>0.40%</p></td><td><p>3.34%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1. Age as at time of leaving.</p><p>2. Includes the following reasons for leaving: 'Retirement: Medical', 'Retirement: Ill Health Retirement', 'Retirement: Ill Health Tier 1', 'Retirement: Ill Health Tier 2', 'Retirement: Ill Health Tier 3'.</p><p>~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/07/2023 16:57:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1647529

registered interest
date	23/06/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 11 May 2023 to Question 183809 on Prisons: Education and of 10 May 2023 to Question 183703 on Prisons: Education, what steps his Department is taking to clarify the application of the New Fair Deal pensions policy on Prison Education Service contracts.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	190926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>Following the ONS reclassification of FE colleges as public sector bodies, HM Treasury is reviewing the New Fair Deal policy in relation to Further Education colleges, including those involved in the Prison Education Service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/06/2023 12:14:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris