Rupert Lowe MP: written questions

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Schools: Offences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide (a) evidence and (b) testimony on educational resources in schools on (i) exploitation, (ii) grooming and (iii) community sensitivity to the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's priva
Answer: Through relationships, sex and health education (RSHE), pupils are taught the concepts of, and laws relating to, sexual consent, sexual exploitation, abuse, grooming, coercion, harassment, rape, domestic abuse, forced marriage, honour-based violence and f...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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Offences against Children: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will provide sentencing data by (a) ethnicity and (b) nationality to the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's private inquiry into grooming gangs.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of offenders sentenced, which can be filtered to specific offences and broken down by defendant ethnicity. This can be obtained in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be downloaded from the Cr...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
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Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will recommend the police appoint a liaison to support the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry into rape gangs.
Answer: Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims, rooting out grooming gangs across the coun...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will instruct relevant Departmental officials to engage with the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry into grooming gangs.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer he was given on the 8 April 2025 to Question 44194.
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will instruct relevant Departmental officials to engage with the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry into grooming gangs.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ministers will (a) give evidence to and (b) participate in the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's private inquiry into grooming gangs.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer he was given on the 8 April 2025 to Question 44194.
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will instruct relevant Departmental officials to engage with the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry into grooming gangs.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing anonymised (a) data and (b) reports to support the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry into grooming gangs.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will provide a liaison contact to assist with the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry into grooming gangs.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet with the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth to discuss his private inquiry into grooming gangs.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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Offences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) mental health and (b) trauma support services are available to survivors of grooming gangs who participate in non-statutory inquiries.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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Offences against Children: VictimsHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will offer (a) safeguarding and (b) witness protection support to (i) victims and (ii) whistleblowers that give evidence to the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's private inquiry into grooming ga
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the findings of privately funded independent inquiries into (a) grooming gang activity and (b) associated institutional failures.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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Offences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish all (a) correspondence and (b) internal assessments on the decision not to proceed with a full public inquiry into grooming gangs.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the various statements to the House made on these issues by Home Office ministers in recent months. Most recently on 8 April.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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VisasHome OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas expired before the recipient left the country in each of the last ten years.
Answer: As set out in legislation, an individual is liable to removal from the UK if "the person requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom but does not have it". The Home Office has not historically recorded the means by which individual b...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
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Schools: MeatDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department instructs schools to inform parents of whether meat served in school meals comes from non-stunned slaughter.
Answer: The government sets out required minimum standards for school food in the School Food Standards, to ensure that children are served healthy, nutritious meals at school. The standards do not specify food requirements in terms of cultural or religious needs...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
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Meat: Ritual SlaughterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage (a) public institutions and (b) restaurants to label halal meat to consumers.
Answer: The Government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter and would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter, but we respect the rights of Jews and Muslims to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs. It i...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Meat: Ritual SlaughterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of abattoirs in enforcing welfare standards during the production of halal meat.
Answer: The Government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter and would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter, but we respect the rights of Jews and Muslims to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs. A si...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Meat: Ritual SlaughterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Food Standards Agency on the labelling of (a) halal and (b) kosher meat products in food outlets.
Answer: The Government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter and would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter, but we respect the rights of Jews and Muslims to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs. It i...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Meat Products: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce mandatory labelling on meat products to indicate whether animals were stunned prior to slaughter.
Answer: The Government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter and would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter, but we respect the rights of Jews and Muslims to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs. It i...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
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Health Services: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been written off for the treatment of chargeable overseas visitors in real terms since the National Health Services (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 were introduced.
Answer: The Department publishes data on the income identified from chargeable overseas visitors in England in its Annual Report and Accounts. The consolidated NHS provider accounts published cash payments received in-year by the National Health Service from over...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
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Health Services: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, of the aggregate income identified for chargeable overseas visitors in financial year 2018-19 what (a) the total amount recovered for the subsequent six financial years is and (b) the total amount
Answer: The Department publishes data on the income identified from chargeable overseas visitors in England in its Annual Report and Accounts. The consolidated NHS provider accounts published cash payments received in-year by the National Health Service from over...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
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Home Office: CateringHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sandwiches have been delivered through her Department's contract entitled Catering - CIU, procurement reference CF-0360600D58000000L5A4EAK.
Answer: The contracts maintained are designed to provide basic nutrition to arriving individuals in need, including children. The amounts of food provided across the two sites will vary according to need.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
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Home Office: CateringHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sandwiches have been delivered through her Department's contract entitled Catering - KIU, procurement reference CF-0357300D58000000L5A4EAK.
Answer: The contracts maintained are designed to provide basic nutrition to arriving individuals in need, including children. The amounts of food provided across the two sites will vary according to need.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
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Meat: Ritual SlaughterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of all meat (a) produced and (b) consumed in the UK that is Halal meat.
Answer: Of the 1.035 billion animals processed in English and Welsh slaughterhouses in 2024, an estimated 214.6 million animals (20.7%) were slaughtered to produce halal meat of which an estimated 27.0 million animals (2.6% of all animals processed) were slaughte...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
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