Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Students: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a cost–benefit analysis was undertaken before proceeding with the development of the Alternative Student Finance model.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the projected and actual costs are for the Student Loans Company to design, build, test, and implement systems required to administer the Alternative Student Finance model.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the expenditure has been on external consultants, advisory bodies and specialist Islamic finance expertise for the Alternative Student Finance model.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been on the development of the Alternative Student Finance model, including all programme costs, consultancy fees, legal drafting and stakeholder engagement.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhousesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the (a) inspection and enforcement time required for non-stun slaughter and (b) volume of non-stun meat produced in the UK.
Answer: Operators of Food Standards Agency (FSA) approved slaughterhouses may use any legally permitted method of slaughter to meet their customer needs, provided all relevant legislative and animal welfare requirements are met. There is no legal requirement for ...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhousesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of (a) recorded animal welfare non-compliances and (b) the potential impact on the Food Standards Agency's inspection costs associated with (i) stunned and
Answer: Operators of Food Standards Agency (FSA) approved slaughterhouses may use any legally permitted method of slaughter to meet their customer needs, provided all relevant legislative and animal welfare requirements are met. There is no legal requirement for ...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhousesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the exemption from stunning for religious slaughter on the Food Standards Agency's inspection and enforcement costs.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency apply animal welfare controls within approved slaughterhouses in England and Wales under a Service Level Agreement with the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the Welsh Government. We assess the impact of in...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhousesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hours of Official Veterinarian and Meat Hygiene Inspector time were spent supervising non-stun slaughter in each of the last five years; and what the cost of that time was.
Answer: Operators of Food Standards Agency (FSA) approved slaughterhouses may use any legally permitted method of slaughter to meet their customer needs, provided all relevant legislative and animal welfare requirements are met. There is no legal requirement for ...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSlaughterhousesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative estimate of the costs to the Food Standards Agency of supervising (a) non-stun slaughter and (b) stunned slaughter; and what proportion of those costs are recovered fr
Answer: Operators of Food Standards Agency (FSA) approved slaughterhouses may use any legally permitted method of slaughter to meet their customer needs, provided all relevant legislative and animal welfare requirements are met. There is no legal requirement for ...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which the concentration of Graduate Route visa holders in low-wage or low-skilled employment overlaps with sectors that have high levels of you
Answer: The Home Office is taking steps to improve data quality and transparency regarding agents. From 7 April Student sponsors will be required to provide agent details on the Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) for all student applications where the sp...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered introducing minimum academic achievement requirements, alongside minimum attendance or engagement criteria, as part of the eligibility conditions for the Graduate
Answer: The Home Office is taking steps to improve data quality and transparency regarding agents. From 7 April Student sponsors will be required to provide agent details on the Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) for all student applications where the sp...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the feasibility of using verified attendance or engagement data as part of eligibility criteria for the (a) Graduate Route and (b) other post-study work rout
Answer: The Home Office is taking steps to improve data quality and transparency regarding agents. From 7 April Student sponsors will be required to provide agent details on the Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) for all student applications where the sp...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered introducing minimum attendance or engagement requirements as part of the eligibility criteria for the Graduate Route in light of the Migration Advisory Committee’
Answer: The Home Office is taking steps to improve data quality and transparency regarding agents. From 7 April Student sponsors will be required to provide agent details on the Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) for all student applications where the sp...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the Migration Advisory Committee’s May 2024 recommendation that the Government improve data quality and transparency around the use of international recruitm
Answer: The Home Office is taking steps to improve data quality and transparency regarding agents. From 7 April Student sponsors will be required to provide agent details on the Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) for all student applications where the sp...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has undertaken a review of the data variables used for analytical purposes across the Student, Graduate and Skilled Worker visa routes, as recommended by the Migration Advisory
Answer: The Home Office continues to invest in the development of its data and data systems to support insightful analysis of the immigration system.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has considered the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendation in its May 2024 rapid review of the Graduate Route that universities be required to publish annual data on their
Answer: The Home Office is taking steps to improve data quality and transparency regarding agents. From 7 April Student sponsors will be required to provide agent details on the Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) for all student applications where the sp...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, how many households placed in the insanitary, unsatisfactory or overcrowded Reasonable Preference category on social housing registers were (a) U
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: EligibilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of differences between local authorities in the qualification criteria used to determine access to social housing registers.
Answer: My Department commissioned a Systems-wide Evaluation of Homelessness and Rough Sleeping, which explored Social Housing Allocations and the use of qualification criteria used to determine access to social housing registers. The report can be found on gov.u...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: Domestic AbuseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households who left their last settled home due to domestic abuse held an immigration status conferring eligibility for social
Answer: The government publishes quarterly data on the number of applicants owed a prevention or relief duty where the reason for loss of last settled home was domestic abuse. This is available in tables A2P and A2R here. We do not publish separate data on the im...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: Domestic AbuseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households who left their last settled home due to domestic abuse were (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals.
Answer: The government publishes quarterly data on the number of applicants owed a prevention or relief duty where the reason for loss of last settled home was domestic abuse. This is available in tables A2P and A2R here. We do not publish separate data on the im...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: EvictionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of social housing evictions involved households who had lived in the UK for (a) under 1 year, (b) 1–3 years, (c) 3–5 years, (d) 5
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: EvictionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of social housing evictions involved households with (a) no recourse to public funds, (b) pre-settled status without a qualifying
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a breakdown of student loan recipients by nationality in each of the last five years.
Answer: Attached is a table that provides data about students in receipt of student loans by nationality, for the 2020/21 – 2024/25 academic years.This dataset reports the number of UK Nationals, and provides a breakdown of nationalities for non-UK Nationals. Pre...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: GazaHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people that entered the UK under the Gaza medical evacuation scheme have applied for asylum.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of people claiming asylum by nationality is published in table Asy_D01 of the ‘Asylum claims and initial decisions datasets’, while data ...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: GazaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has been the total cost to the public purse of the Gaza medical evacuation scheme for children.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 November 2025 to Question 81587.
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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