Rupert Lowe MP: written questions

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Offenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations of foreign national offenders convicted of offences against women in Great Yarmouth in the last five years were delayed or prevented due to legal barriers, including outstanding
Answer: We are fully committed to making our communities safer by returning those who break our laws. In the period between this government coming to power and January 2026, over 8,700 foreign national offenders (FNOs) have been returned from the UK. This is a 32...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Offenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was between conviction and removal from the UK for foreign national offenders convicted of sexual or violent offences against women in Great Yarmouth in each of the las
Answer: We are fully committed to making our communities safer by returning those who break our laws. In the period between this government coming to power and January 2026, over 8,700 foreign national offenders (FNOs) have been returned from the UK. This is a 32...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Offenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders convicted of sexual or violent offences against women in the Great Yarmouth area in each of the last five years were subject to deportation action, and how many hav
Answer: We are fully committed to making our communities safer by returning those who break our laws. In the period between this government coming to power and January 2026, over 8,700 foreign national offenders (FNOs) have been returned from the UK. This is a 32...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Offenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of recorded sexual offences and violent offences against women in the Great Yarmouth local authority area in each of the last five years involved suspects who were foreign nationals, b
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes recorded crime statistics from police forces in England and Wales including on sexual offences and violence against the person offences, broken down by year, and Community Safety Partnership (CSP) area, including for...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
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Domestic Abuse: Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 101253, in which categories of private-law children cases Cafcass or the family courts apply a domestic-abuse-first assessment as the initial step in their safegua
Answer: Practice Direction 12J (PD12J) sets out what the court should do in any case in which domestic abuse is alleged or admitted or there is other reason to believe that a child or party has experienced abuse perpetrated by another party or that there is a ris...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Domestic Abuse: Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will publish the full list of case types, behavioural indicators, or presenting circumstances in which Cafcass or the family courts are instructed to prioritise domestic-abuse consideration
Answer: Practice Direction 12J (PD12J) sets out what the court should do in any case in which domestic abuse is alleged or admitted or there is other reason to believe that a child or party has experienced abuse perpetrated by another party or that there is a ris...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Women's Aid: Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will publish details of any contracts, consultancy arrangements, training programmes, or formal partnerships between Women’s Aid and (a) Cafcass and (b) the family courts.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice will be investing £550 million in victim support services over the next three years – the biggest investment into victim support services to date. This includes funding for the 42 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across Englan...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Women's Aid: Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts, grants, or commissioned training programmes have been awarded to Women’s Aid by his Department, Cafcass, or the family courts in the last five years; and whether Women’s Aid undertakes work within
Answer: The Ministry of Justice will be investing £550 million in victim support services over the next three years – the biggest investment into victim support services to date. This includes funding for the 42 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across Englan...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Women's Aid: Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Cafcass or the family courts hold any contracts, service agreements, or training arrangements with Women’s Aid; and whether Women’s Aid currently undertakes any funded or formal work with the family justi
Answer: The Ministry of Justice will be investing £550 million in victim support services over the next three years – the biggest investment into victim support services to date. This includes funding for the 42 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across Englan...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Students: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will commit to publishing annual data comparing repayment outcomes under the Alternative Student Finance model and the standard student loan system; and what the estimated cost of produci
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Students: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency plans her Department has in place should repayment outcomes under the Alternative Student Finance model diverge from those under the standard student loan system; and whether any such contingen
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Students: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the future cost to the public purse of maintaining, reviewing, and administering the Alternative Student Finance model, including advisory services, system maintenance,
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Students: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts, memoranda of understanding, or advisory agreements her Department or the Student Loans Company have entered into with Islamic finance advisory organisations in relation to the Alternative Studen
Answer: Details of the department's previous engagements may be accessed on GOV.UK’s ‘Contracts Finder’ tool, which is available at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search.Details of any future commercial engagements, including contracts, will be publi...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
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Students: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department intends to maintain ongoing engagement with Islamic finance advisory bodies to review the continued Sharia compliance of the Alternative Student Finance model; what form that engagement w
Answer: Details of the department's previous engagements may be accessed on GOV.UK’s ‘Contracts Finder’ tool, which is available at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search.Details of any future commercial engagements, including contracts, will be publi...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
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Prevent Independent Review: ReligionHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of whether the stakeholder engagement undertaken during the previous Administration’s Independent Review of Prevent attached equal weight to views expressed by (a)
Answer: The Independent Review of Prevent was undertaken independently of the Home Office. When conducting the review, Sir William Shawcross independently and autonomously gathered feedback from a range of stakeholders, including civil society organisations and P...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Prevent Independent Review: ReligionHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) relevance and (b) accuracy of stakeholder feedback from faith groups gathered during the previous Administration’s Independent Review of Prevent.
Answer: The Independent Review of Prevent was undertaken independently of the Home Office. When conducting the review, Sir William Shawcross independently and autonomously gathered feedback from a range of stakeholders, including civil society organisations and P...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Prevent Independent Review: ReligionHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a summary of the feedback provided by faith groups during the previous administration’s Independent Review of Prevent.
Answer: The Independent Review of Prevent was undertaken independently of the Home Office. When conducting the review, Sir William Shawcross independently and autonomously gathered feedback from a range of stakeholders, including civil society organisations and P...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Prevent Independent Review: ReligionHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) faith groups, (b) religious organisations and (c) non-religious belief organisations were consulted in the previous Administration’s Independent Review of Prevent.
Answer: The Independent Review of Prevent was undertaken independently of the Home Office. When conducting the review, Sir William Shawcross independently and autonomously gathered feedback from a range of stakeholders, including civil society organisations and P...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Prevent Independent Review: ReligionHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department uses stakeholder feedback from faith groups gathered during the previous Administration’s Independent Review of Prevent in developing current Prevent policy and guidance.
Answer: The Independent Review of Prevent was undertaken independently of the Home Office. When conducting the review, Sir William Shawcross independently and autonomously gathered feedback from a range of stakeholders, including civil society organisations and P...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Offences against Children: Public RecordsHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will issue guidance to local authorities and other public bodies on the retention of historic records that may be relevant to investigations into group-based child sexual exploitation.
Answer: Baroness Casey made clear in her audit into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse that local authorities, police forces and other relevant agencies should be required not to destroy any relevant records. Once the government responded to Baroness...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
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Independent Inquiry into Grooming GangsHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what systems her department has put in place to ensure that local authorities, police forces and other agencies cannot delete or destroy records that may be relevant to the independent inquiry into gr
Answer: Baroness Casey made clear in her audit into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse that local authorities, police forces and other relevant agencies should be required not to destroy any relevant records. Once the government responded to Baroness...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
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Independent Inquiry into Grooming GangsHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk that relevant records may have been destroyed before formal retention notices were issued; and what steps she has taken to ensure no loss of material occurs.
Answer: Baroness Casey made clear in her audit into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse that local authorities, police forces and other relevant agencies should be required not to destroy any relevant records. Once the government responded to Baroness...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
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Independent Inquiry into Grooming GangsHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether all relevant public bodies have taken the necessary steps to preserve records that may be required by the independent inquiry into grooming gangs.
Answer: Baroness Casey made clear in her audit into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse that local authorities, police forces and other relevant agencies should be required not to destroy any relevant records. Once the government responded to Baroness...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
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Axel RudakubanaHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what visa categories were held by the parents of Axel Rudakubana during their residence in the United Kingdom; and what character-assessment checks were applied when issuing their visas.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Students: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Ministers have authorised expenditure on the development of the Alternative Student Finance model since 2013; and on what dates those approvals were given.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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