Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2024
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Prisons: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults against prison staff foreign national offenders committed in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. This information is unavailable.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Border Security and Asylum in response to the question from the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth during Oral Questions to the Home Office on 2
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the statistics published on Thursday 28 November by the Home Office which can be found on the Migration statistics gov.uk page.Data on Foreign national offenders in UK prisons is available in the House of Lords Library and...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Great YarmouthHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants were arrested in Great Yarmouth constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: This data is not held centrally, and could only be at disproportionate cost.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 13567 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, how many reoffences were committed by foreign national offenders expressed as (a) one to five offences, (b) six to n
Answer: Data on the number of adult foreign national reoffenders who have committed 1-5 reoffences, 6-9 reoffences and 10+ reoffences can be found in the attached table.We refer all foreign national offenders in receipt of custodial sentences to the Home Office. ...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Foreign NationalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing benefits from foreign national offenders.
Answer: In order to receive taxpayer-funded benefits such as Universal Credit or Personal Independence Payments, an individual must either be a British or Irish citizen or hold a valid UK immigration status that allows them to access such benefits. If DWP is made...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of payments of court fines on foreign national offenders were made by benefit payment deductions (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally in the most recent year for figures are avail
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in outstanding court fines for foreign national offenders was written off (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much is outstanding for court fines on foreign national offenders (a) in Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) nationally.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: Translation ServicesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of court cases that collapsed due to the lack of an available interpreter in (a) Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court and (b) England and Wales in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not collate information regarding “collapsed trials” due to the lack of interpreter availability, but the Department does routinely publish data concerning ineffective trials including where the reason is “no interpreter avail...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: Great YarmouthMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court cases has the defendant required a translator in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average amount of time that elapsed between the arrival in the UK of foreign nationals who go on to offend and the date of their offence by nationality in the last
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave on 27 November to his Question UIN 15076.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence Equipment: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment produced in China his Department has bought at what cost to the public purse in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) welcomes foreign trade where it allows us to provide our Armed Forces with the equipment they require, meets our stringent legal and regulatory requirements and does not compromise our national security. Defence utilises Chin...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) introduce more thorough age assessments for irregular migrants and (b) reassess the age of all 16-17 year old irregular migrants in the UK.
Answer: I refer the Honourable member to the answer I gave on 22nd October to question UIN 9190.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Transport Police: Body SearchesDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that women can only be strip-searched by British Transport Police officers who were female at birth.
Answer: The British Transport Police (BTP) is operationally independent. Chief Constables must ensure that their force policies comply with all legal obligations, including under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and Equalities Act 2010.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordShoplifting: ProsecutionsHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13342 on Shoplifting Prosecutions, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) number of people who avoided charges and (b) value of goods l
Answer: It is not possible to estimate the number of people who have avoided criminal sanctions, or the value of items stolen, as a result of the effective immunity on shoplifted goods under £200 introduced by the last Government.However, this Government will sen...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of planned foreign aid by country for 2025.
Answer: We are committed to transparency and will separately publish the FCDO's planned Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations for FY2024/25 and FY2025/26 in due course.The FCDO reports annually on the UK's calendar year ODA expenditure for the previou...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people whose application for asylum was initially refused were subsequently granted asylum in the last 15 years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on initial and latest outcomes of asylum claims is published annually in table Asy_D04 of the ‘Outcome analysis of asylum applications detailed dataset...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that asylum seekers do not fraudulently use sexual orientation as part of the basis of their claim.
Answer: If any individual Is found not to require the protection for which they have claimed asylum, then their claim will be refused.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of (a) Magistrate Court, (b) Crown Court and (c) County Court trials that have collapsed due to (i) delay and (ii) error by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of
Answer: We have interpreted this question as an estimate of the proportion of ineffective trials at the criminal courts that have not gone ahead on the day as planned in the last 5 years. We do not hold data that details delay or error by the Crown Prosecution Se...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Child Measurement ProgrammeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost is of (a) the National Child Measurement Programme and (b) feedback letters relating to that Programme.
Answer: The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) is a mandatory public health function of local authorities, and collects data on the weight status of children aged four to five years old, who would be in reception, and 10 to 11 years old, who would be in ...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Telephone ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls within the NHS were translated by each language code in each of the last ten years; and what the cost was to the public purse in each of those years.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information centrally.
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordJobcentres and Universal Credit: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to her Department on (a) universal credit and (b) Jobcentre Plus were translated by language code in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to her Department was for each type of ca
Answer: The tables attachment shows the volume of calls translated by language code since 2021 together with the associated costs. Please note, this information is not available for the last 10 years and also the data is not available by (a) universal credit or (...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of irregular migrants in (a) contingency and (b) dispersal accommodation broken down into (i) single and (ii) multiple occupancy rooms, in the lates
Answer: Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, by local authority and accommodation type, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent stats release: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a n...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with what companies for what services at what cost to the public purse her Department has contracts relating to (a) dispersal and (b) contingency accommodation for asylum seekers.
Answer: Information about contracts worth over £12,000 (including VAT) agreed by the Government and its agencies is available at: Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report a...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contractors provide what services related to irregular migration at what cost to the public purse.
Answer: Information about contracts worth over £12,000 (including VAT) agreed by the Government and its agencies is available at: Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report a...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
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