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Division Vote (Lords)
21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 139 Labour No votes vs 3 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 143
Division Vote (Lords)
21 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 147 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 266 Noes - 162
Written Question
Police: Resignations
Thursday 17th July 2025

Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many police officers left the force in the past 12 months, broken down by how many served (1) for less than 12 months, (2) between 12 months and 5 years, (3) between 5 years and 10 years, and (4) over 10 years.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officer leavers in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.

Information on the length of service of leavers is available in table JL6 of the data tables accompanying the publication.

Table 1 below shows the number of police officer leavers, by length of service, in England and Wales for the year ending 31 March 2024. In the year ending 31 March 2024 there were 9,236 police officers leaving the police forces in England and Wales. 16.2% of all leavers had less than 1 years service, while 12.3% of all leavers had more than 30 years service.

Table 1: Police officer leavers (headcount) by length of service in the year ending 31 March 2024, England and Wales.

Length of service

Headcount Officer leavers

% of all leavers

Less than 1 year

1,495

16.2%

1 to 2 years

1,082

11.7%

2 to 3 years

606

6.6%

3 to 4 years

484

5.2%

4 to 5 years

297

3.2%

5 to 10 years

674

7.3%

10 to 15 years

393

4.3%

15 to 20 years

749

8.1%

20 to 25 years

1,028

11.1%

25 to 30 years

1,289

14.0%

30 years or over

1,139

12.3%

Total

9,236

100.0%

Note:

  1. Excludes transfers

Data on police officer leavers for the year ending 31 March 2025 will be published on 23 July 2025.

Retention is a key focus for the Home Office and the NPCC and forces should be using evidence-based strategies to manage the retention and progression of existing officers, as well as continuing to recruit new officers.

Division Vote (Lords)
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 132 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 202 Noes - 138
Division Vote (Lords)
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 152 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 160
Division Vote (Lords)
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 133 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 100 Noes - 136
Division Vote (Lords)
16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 145 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 248 Noes - 150
Written Question
Mayors: Elections
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will list the results of the mayoral elections held on 1 May, including the turnout percentage in each mayoralty.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Elections are run by independent Returning Officers, who are responsible for publishing election results.

My Department does not have a formal role in collating and publishing information on the results of Mayoral elections.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Jul 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"My Lords, I will risk the possibility of being called risible by the noble Lord, Lord True, for disagreeing with him, but I think he has failed to spell out precisely one point that he should have done. He prayed in aid various people, including my noble friend Lord Foulkes …..."
Lord Grocott - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Jul 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"If the noble Lord, Lord True, cannot see the difference in category between a life Peer who can sit in here and legislate and a life Peer who cannot, then we are going to have considerable difficulty in having a sensible discussion. They are obviously fundamentally different, just as there …..."
Lord Grocott - View Speech

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