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Division Vote (Lords)
14 Oct 2025 - Business of the House - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 152 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 211 Noes - 261
Division Vote (Lords)
14 Oct 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 150 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 192 Noes - 239
Division Vote (Lords)
14 Oct 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 145 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 169 Noes - 212
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 Oct 2025
Business of the House

"My Lords, I will make two very brief points: one specifically aimed at the noble Lord, Lord True, and the other a more general point about the House and its procedures.

The point for the noble Lord, Lord True, concerns the wording of his amendment, which says that,

“the House …..."
Lord Grocott - View Speech

View all Lord Grocott (Lab - Life peer) contributions to the debate on: Business of the House
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 Oct 2025
Business of the House

"I am sorry; I apologise to the Lib Dems. It is an error I have made frequently in life.

It is not uncommon at all to have such numbers of people in the House scrutinising. It is beyond argument that, if we are looking at the detail of a Bill …..."
Lord Grocott - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Chinese Espionage: Parliament

"Does my noble friend recall that we once had a Chancellor of the Exchequer called George Osborne? Among the many things he said—this was 10 years ago, in the dying days of the Osborne-Cameron Government—was that we should “stick together” with China and

“make it a golden decade for both …..."
Lord Grocott - View Speech

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Division Vote (Lords)
13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 126 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 57 Noes - 134
Division Vote (Lords)
13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 125 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 138 Noes - 175
Division Vote (Lords)
13 Oct 2025 - Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Grocott (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 129 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 147 Noes - 189
Written Question
Police: Resignations
Tuesday 23rd September 2025

Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 17 July (HL9084), how many police officers left the force in the year ending 31 March 2025, 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: Police officer leavers (headcount) by length of service in the year ending 31 March 2025, England and Wales.

Length of service group

Headcount of officer leavers

Proportion (%) of all leavers

Less than 1 year

930

10.3%

1 to less than 2 years

1,011

11.2%

2 to less than 3 years

637

7.1%

3 to less than 4 years

446

5.0%

4 to less than 5 years

407

4.5%

5 to less than 10 years

839

9.3%

10 to less than 15 years

372

4.1%

15 to less than 20 years

760

8.5%

20 to less than 25 years

1,235

13.7%

25 to less than 30 years

1,202

13.4%

30 years or over

1,148

12.8%

Total

8,987

100.0%

Note:

  1. Excludes transfers to another force

The retention of all officers, both new recruits and experienced officers remain essential to increasing public confidence in policing. This is why forces should be using strong evidence-based strategies to support retention and progression of existing officers, as well as continuing to recruit new officers using high quality recruitment processes that maintain standards.