Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Human Trafficking and Sexual Offences: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of offences relating to human trafficking or sexual exploitation in each of the last three calendar years; and what the nationality of those people was at the time of conviction.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions, including details around ethnicity, for a wide range of offences, including offences related to human trafficking or sexual exploitation in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded f...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSlavery: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were referred into the National Referral Mechanism broken down by age, sex, and primary exploitation type for the latest quarter for which data is available.
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking and Sexual OffencesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) charged and (b) convicted for offences related to human trafficking or sexual exploitation following National Referral Mechanism referrals in each of the last three calendar y
Answer: The Home Office does not collect data on police investigations specifically following an NRM referral or disaggregated data on charges or convictions for human trafficking or sexual exploitation. Given this, we are unable to provide the information you ha...
Answered 19 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSlavery: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police investigations were initiated following National Referral Mechanism referrals relating to sexual exploitation in each of the last three calendar years.
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSlavery: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out the ten local authority areas that recorded the highest number of National Referral Mechanism referrals relating to sexual exploitation in each of the last three calendar years.
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSlavery: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under 18 were referred to the National Referral Mechanism for sexual exploitation in each of the last three calendar years.
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSlavery: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people referred to the National Referral Mechanism primarily to sexual exploitation, broken down by sex and age group in each of the last three calendar years.
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSlavery: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people referred to the National Referral Mechanism had their claimed age disputed by a local authority or her Department in each of the last three calendar years.
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSlavery: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people referred to the National Referral Mechanism stated they were under 18 at the point of referral in each of the last three calendar years.
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSlavery: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people referred to the National Referral Mechanism in each of the last three calendar years were foreign nationals; and what the ten most common nationalities were.
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSlaveryHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been identified as potential victims of human trafficking and modern slavery under the National Referral Mechanism in each of the last three calendar years, broken down by age and
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking: GirlsHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of destination country for girls trafficked from the UK overseas for sexual exploitation.
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMissing Persons: GirlsHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many girls are currently listed as missing, broken down by local authority.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold this data centrally.Information about current missing persons incidents is held by individual police forces.The National Crime Agency’s UK Missing Persons Unit holds the national database for all missing incidents that are un...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: HotelsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: This information is not held centrally.
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: HotelsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: In financial year 2024-25, Corporate Travel Management (CTM) information shows 11,102 nights were spent in hotels by departmental staff. The range of hotels available for employees to book is limited by price on the specific date in line with department l...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: HotelsMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: All business/duty hotel accommodation booked by Ministry of Defence (MOD) staff must be made using the Global Business Travel (GBT) online booking tool. The GBT tool does not record the star rating of hotels, but MOD policy stipulates that bookings must a...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: The Home Office Hotel booking operator is currently unable to provide star‑rating information for the hotels displayed within their booking tool.This is because several external content providers do not supply star ratings consistently, which means the op...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: HotelsTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111299More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: The information requested is not held by hotel star rating. HM Treasury does not centrally record hotel star ratings. All hotel bookings must represent value for money and comply with Civil Service and departmental travel and subsistence policies.
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: HotelsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: HotelsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: In financial year 2024/25 there were 6,269 nights spent in hotels by Department staff. We are unable to provide the star ratings of the hotels associated with these stays, as this information is not captured by our service provider.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: HotelsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: DWP policy is clear that a hotel may only be booked for clear business reasons and with approval from the staff member’s manager. The policy also puts limits on the cost of hotels, which naturally excludes premium hotels. The total number nights spent in ...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: HotelsDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: In 2024-25 16,510 nights were booked in hotels by DfT staff. The Department’s travel booking system does not include or record star ratings. This figure may include some bookings that were later cancelled. All staff are required to book accommodation via...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: HotelsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: The Department uses a travel management company to book hotel accommodation for staff. The star rating of the hotel is not recorded but the nightly cost of hotel accommodation has maximum cost levels set and are only breached when there is no suitable acc...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: HotelsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: The total number of nights spent by Departmental staff in all hotels in 2024-25 was 28,905. The information requested on hotel star ratings is not held and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: HotelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many nights were spent in hotels by Departmental staff in financial year 2024-25 by the star rating of the hotel.
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero does not hold this information centrally. The information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 13 Feb 2026
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