Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Crime: Great YarmouthHome OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle (a) knife crime and (b) gang activity in Great Yarmouth constituency.
Answer: Halving knife crime over the next decade is a key part of the Government’s Safer Streets Mission. To do this, we have:Launched a Halving Knife Crime Coalition, including representation from Norwich, to agree how best to tackle youth knife crime.Implemente...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Great YarmouthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of dentistry in Great Yarmouth constituency.
Answer: Dental Statistics - England 2023/24, published by the NHS Business Services Authority on 22 August 2024, is available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202324As Lord Darzi made...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Great YarmouthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of GP service availability in Great Yarmouth constituency.
Answer: General practitioners (GPs) have delivered an estimated 32.3 million appointments in March 2025, an increase of 6% since March 2024. In March 2025, in the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board there were 643,000 GP appointments delivered.In addition, ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on prison staff there have been in each of the last five years, by religion of the prisoner.
Answer: The number of individuals involved in incidents of an assault on staff within prisons in England and Wales, by religion, for 2020 to 2024, can be found in the accompanying table.
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: SecurityMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what exemptions from security measures on religious grounds exist in prisons.
Answer: No prisoners are exempt from searches by sniffer dogs.During a cell search, care must be taken when handling religious artefacts, and search dogs must not come into contact with religious artefacts or holy books. Prisoners must be asked to point these out...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: DogsMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what exemptions exist in prisons for Muslims not to be searched by sniffer dogs on religious grounds.
Answer: No prisoners are exempt from searches by sniffer dogs.During a cell search, care must be taken when handling religious artefacts, and search dogs must not come into contact with religious artefacts or holy books. Prisoners must be asked to point these out...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: FoodMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of halal food served in prisons.
Answer: Information on the quantity and proportion of halal food served in prisons is not collected centrally. To obtain the requested information, it would therefore be necessary to consult each of the 122 prisons in England and Wales individually, and this coul...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FoodDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of halal food served in schools.
Answer: The department does not collect information on the proportion of halal food served in schools.The government sets out required minimum standards for school food in the School Food Standards. The standards do not specify food requirements in terms of cultu...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of halal food served in hospitals.
Answer: Data on the amount of halal food served in the National Health Service is not collected centrally. No estimate has been made of the proportion of halal food served in hospitals.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeoengineering: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for the total estimated cost to the public purse of experiments to dim the Sun.
Answer: The Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s (ARIA) ‘Exploring Climate Cooling’ programme, backed by £56.8 million, has been designed to build an evidence base which will enable scientists to better understand and properly assess whether or not Earth cool...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRemittancesTreasuryTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47969More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the amount of overseas remittances by (a) nationality and (b) country of receipt in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The Treasury does not collect or report data on the flow of remittances out of the UK. However, the World Bank publishes data annually on remittances through formal banking systems. Further information can be found on the World Bank’s website: https://www...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an immigration red list of countries posing high (a) immigration, (b) security and (c) compliance risks.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: CostsHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting an analysis of the potential cost saving to the public purse of each deportation.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a list of countries whose citizens exhibit high levels of UK visa (a) overstays, (b) fraud and (c) other abuses of process.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of using remittance sanctions to increase deportation compliance by foreign governments.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and other stakeholders.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered the use of chartered sea vessels to support mass deportation of illegal migrants.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and other stakeholders.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost of (a) hiring and (b) training staff to support large-scale deportation operations.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and other stakeholders.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on building (a) dedicated runways and (b) transit facilities for mass deportation operations.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and other stakeholders.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the Royal Navy’s capacity to intercept small boats in the Channel carrying people seeking unlawful entry to the UK.
Answer: The Home Office is the lead gGvernment department responsible for border security and migration. It has established the Border Security Command to strengthen global partnerships and enhance the UK’s efforts to investigate, arrest, and prosecute people smu...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take legislative steps to fast-track the removal of people who have been denied the right to stay in the UK and make vexatious appeals from the tribunal.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Lord Chancellor on the potential merits of limiting the availability of public funds for people who have challenged immigration enforcement through the courts mor
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and other stakeholders.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: StandardsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47958More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on the (a) use of evidence and (b) status of the findings of (i) non-statutory and (ii) statutory inquiries into failures by public institutions.
Answer: The Cabinet Office provides advice and guidance to Ministers and officials on statutory and non statutory public inquiries.
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: WomenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether their Department plans to amend its policies on access to (a) toilets, (b) changing facilities and (c) other single-sex spaces in (i) Departmental buildings and (ii) othe
Answer: The Supreme Court ruling made it clear that the provision of single-sex spaces is on the basis of biological sex. Providers should note and follow the ruling. It is important that we ensure dignity and respect for all. Trans people should have access to s...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: WomenMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether their Department plans to amend its policies on access to (a) toilets, (b) changing facilities and (c) other single-sex spaces in (i) Departmental buildings and (ii) other buildings within their Departmen
Answer: 16 April 2025 saw the Supreme Court ruling that sex is to be understood as biological sex for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010. The Ministry of Defence notes and will follow this ruling. It is important that we ensure dignity and respect for all. The...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: WomenTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47441More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether their Department plans to amend its policies on access to (a) toilets, (b) changing facilities and (c) other single-sex spaces in (i) Departmental buildings and (ii) other buildings within their Department’s
Answer: The Supreme Court ruling made it clear that the provision of single-sex spaces is on the basis of biological sex. Providers should note and follow the ruling. It is important that we ensure dignity and respect for all. Trans people should have access to s...
Answered 1 May 2025
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