Fred Thomas
Labour - Plymouth Moor View
5,604 (13.1%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 4th July 2024
Division Voting information
Fred Thomas voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 50 Labour No votes vs 59 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 138 Noes - 136
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.
Department Debates
(7 debate contributions)
(5 debate contributions)
(5 debate contributions)
(3 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
(1,108 words contributed)
(962 words contributed)
Plymouth Moor View Petitions
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
of 28,552 signatures (0.49%)
of 194,926 signatures (0.28%)
of 86,156 signatures (0.25%)
of 60,286 signatures (0.24%)
of 194,926 signatures (0.28%)
of 217,498 signatures (0.19%)
of 157,878 signatures (0.17%)
of 158,956 signatures (0.17%)
Latest EDMs signed by Fred Thomas
100th anniversary of the Devon Library Service
Tabled by: Steve Race (Labour - Exeter)That this House celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Devon County Library Service, managed by the Libraries Unlimited charity; pays tribute to all the staff, the board, and the volunteers for their dedication to providing free access to knowledge and spaces for community activity across Exeter, Torbay, and Devon; notes …
(Most recent: 7 Oct 2024)
Signatures by party:
Liberal Democrat: 5
Labour: 2
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Conservative: 1
200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Tabled by: Helena Dollimore (Labour (Co-op) - Hastings and Rye)That this House congratulates the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) on its 200th anniversary of saving lives at sea; thanks all crew members who have risked their lives to save over 140,000 lives at sea; and pays tribute to all volunteers past and present who support this vital work.
(Most recent: 30 Oct 2024)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 39
Liberal Democrat: 6
Plaid Cymru: 4
Conservative: 2
Independent: 1
Democratic Unionist Party: 1
Scottish National Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Fred Thomas, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Fred Thomas has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Fred Thomas has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
Fred Thomas has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Fred Thomas has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 11 Written Questions
(View all written questions)Too many patients are finding it impossible to access care. In May, a staggering 1.4 million patients waited for over a month for an appointment.
That is why we are committed to: fix the front door to the NHS; bring back the family doctor; and shift the focus of care away from hospitals and into the community.
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
There are no plans to re-establish the Office of Government Commerce (OGC). The principal functions of the OGC are being successfully delivered by the Government Commercial Function including the Crown Commercial Service.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This Government’s unwavering commitment to the triple lock to our nuclear deterrent is underpinned by major infrastructure programmes underway on the Clyde and in Devonport and the Dreadnought submarine programme in Barrow-in-Furness.
Our commitment to SSN-AUKUS and the increased use of uncrewed submersibles will also modernise the Royal Navy’s subsea capabilities.
Secretary of State for Defence
Caseload data for Probation Officers is unavailable pre-unification of the Probation Service (June 2021). Caseload data for the service as a whole is published for earlier periods (Offender management statistics quarterly - GOV.UK) but is not broken down by which Probation Service grade delivers it.
As of 30 June 2023, the proportion of Probation Officers with a caseload above 30, 40, 50 and 60 is:
Percentage of total POs | |
a. caseload above 30 | 52.7% |
b. caseload above 40 | 14.9% |
c. caseload above 50 | 2.3% |
d. caseload above 60 | 0.5% |
i) Dataset as of 30 June 2023 from the Workload Measurement Tool (WMT). Data has been taken as of a single day in 2023 and caseload per officer is likely to fluctuate across the year.
ii) For caseloads of less than 30, the percentage of total Probation Officers is 47.3%
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the leaving reasons of probation officers in Table 14b of the quarterly “HM Prison and Probation Service workforce statistics” publication. The latest publication and tables, which covers the year to September 2024, are available here:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2024
Data is only available since the National Probation Service was formed in June 2014, as a result of which the number who retired in 2010 is unavailable. The number of probation officers who retired in 2019 and 2023 is included in the above publication.
The number who retired in 2014 is available in the December 2015 publication available here: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-offender-management-service-workforce-statistics-december-2015
This only includes data for those who retired after the formation of the National Probation Service in 2014.
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the length of service of Probation Officers in Table 4 of the quarterly “HM Prison and Probation Service workforce statistics” publication. The latest publication and associated tables, which cover the year to September 2024, are available here:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-september-2024.
Data is only available since the National Probation Service was formed in June 2014, as a result of which length of service data for 30 June 2010 is unavailable. Length of service data for Probation Officers in post on 30 June 2024 is included in the above publication.
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The capacity of the prison estate is published weekly and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2024.
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Department’s estimate of the total cost of completing the additional 20,000 places to the prison estate at the point of the SR21 settlement was c.£5.2bn and this in turn equated to an average of c.£257k per place.
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
475 places have been delivered as part of the 20,000 place prison programmes since this Government took office on 5 July 2024. We will be publishing a 10 year capacity strategy by the end of the year.
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The recall rate for people released under the End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) scheme that have been recalled in the most recent period for which data is available could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
9,782 number of recalls took place between April 2024 and June 2024, which coincides with the highest level of quarterly ECSL releases under the previous Government.
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury