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1584499

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date	06/02/2023
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	Voter Authority Certificates
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 people have applied for a Voter Authority Certificate since that form became available online.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	140115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-01-16%2F124038&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba089f4528ff43de31a908db0a934169%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638115399793698401%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Hoh%2FSMlchCCIX5MKpgaX8fl2pO0FFgpH1Q4ToQd9kGA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">124038</a> on 19 January 2023.</p><p>Information relevant to the applications for Voter Authority Certificates is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvoter-authority-certificate.service.gov.uk%2Fperformance&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba089f4528ff43de31a908db0a934169%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638115399793698401%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Cre%2B4tbRh8OjM9bWPj7nBnTZ5cG49bQBRAT%2FQtoMh%2BU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 140116 question first answered 09/02/2023 14:22:22 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1584500

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to fund a public mail campaign to provide information to the public on the new election voter ID rules.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	140116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-01-16%2F124038&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba089f4528ff43de31a908db0a934169%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638115399793698401%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Hoh%2FSMlchCCIX5MKpgaX8fl2pO0FFgpH1Q4ToQd9kGA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">124038</a> on 19 January 2023.</p><p>Information relevant to the applications for Voter Authority Certificates is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvoter-authority-certificate.service.gov.uk%2Fperformance&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cba089f4528ff43de31a908db0a934169%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638115399793698401%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Cre%2B4tbRh8OjM9bWPj7nBnTZ5cG49bQBRAT%2FQtoMh%2BU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 140115 question first answered 09/02/2023 14:22:22 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1583275

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any heavy rail operators have a dispensation from compliance with the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Requirements.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	138294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State publishes an Annual Report to Parliament on the granting of exemptions and dispensations against accessibility standards. Reports are available from 2010 onwards and the most recent report can be found here, subsequent annual reports will be published shortly on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 07/02/2023 13:48:37 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1583276

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train carriages in use on the rail network do not meet the standards specified in the Rail Vehicle Accessibility Requirements.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	138330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not maintain records of the number of vehicles in use on the rail network that do not meet modern accessibility standards.</p><p> </p><p>All passenger vehicles that are in use by operators contracted by the Department for Transport are compliant with mandatory accessibility standards for new and upgraded rail vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 07/02/2023 13:51:44 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1581851

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all probation officers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	135207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The cumulative length of service, in years, held by all probation officers is given in the following table. Most years’ figures are given as at 31st December each year, aside from 2022, where the latest published figures are as at 30 September 2022.</p><p>It should be noted that Information on probation officers is only available from the creation of National Probation Service (NPS) in June 2014.</p><p>Table 1 – Probation Officers in England and Wales cumulative length of service<sup>1,2</sup>, as at 31 December each year from 2014 to 2021 and September 2022<sup>3,4</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Cumulative length of service of all probation officers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2014</p></td><td><p>1,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2015</p></td><td><p>5,537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2016</p></td><td><p>9,801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2017</p></td><td><p>12,727</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2018</p></td><td><p>15,522</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2019</p></td><td><p>19,195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2020</p></td><td><p>22,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/12/2021</p></td><td><p>36,017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/09/2022</p></td><td><p>36,053</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes to tables:</p><p>1. The length of service in HMPPS is calculated from most recent hire date. Where staff have transferred in from another Government Department or have transferred in through HMPPS taking over a function, length of service is calculated from entry to HMPPS</p><p>2. Figures presented here do not represent the full experience of Probation Officers</p><p>3. The dates reflect the Full Time Equivalent and cumulative years of service at that particular point of the year.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 02/02/2023 17:12:50 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1581852

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all police officers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	135208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the length of service of police officers in post, as at 31 March each year, in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police workforce, England and Wales</a>’ statistical bulletin.</p><p>This data has been published since 2016 and can be found in Table JL5 of the data tables accompanying each publication.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/02/2023 16:18:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1581857

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to increase Government advertising spending with domestic based local news media compared to multinational tech companies.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	135209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The channels selected for government paid marketing campaigns are driven by the target audience. Local media channels such as print and radio are often used in campaigns to help reach particular audiences in a specific region. No matter the form of communication, we constantly and regularly evaluate the effectiveness of our campaigns, including the role local media plays, to ensure that we reach the right audience in the most efficient way.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 02/02/2023 16:57:11 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1581541

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to (a) provide emergency businesses funding grants, (b) provide utility support and (c) defer business rates for businesses in financial difficulties.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	133974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>In the Autumn statement, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £13.6 billion of support for businesses over the next five years. However, business rates are a matter for HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>Following a HMT-led review, the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme, will run from April until March 2024, and will continue to provide a discount to eligible businesses on their electricity bills.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/02/2023 13:42:23 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1581542

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Food: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to help support the UK food industry to export into the EU.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	133975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>We support our food producers through all stages of their export journey to the EU. This includes the Export Support Service, GREAT.gov.uk platform, the Export Academy, UK Export Finance and high profile events and trade shows such as SIAL in France and Anuga in Germany. The Department for International Trade has a network of agriculture, food and drink trade advisers across EU markets overseen by our Trade Commissioner in Europe</p><p> </p><p>We have also established a new Food and Drink Export Council which brings together the UK Government, Devolved Administrations, and industry, to harness collective capability, expertise, and resources in boosting UK food and drink exports to global markets, including Europe.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 03/02/2023 14:50:15 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie previous answer version 52258 answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1581336

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) the Minister for the Cabinet Office on the potential merits of lowering the pension age of prison officers to 60.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	133638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>We highly value our hardworking prison staff and offer access to medical professionals and an employee assistance programme to ensure continued physical and mental wellbeing. I am committed to listening to and working with officers, staff and trade unions on a range of issues, and I continue to meet with the Prison Officer’s Association and other unions to discuss a range of issues. At this time no discussions have taken place with honourable colleagues from Treasury or Cabinet Office on prison officer pension age.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 31/01/2023 17:29:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris