Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2025
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Religious HatredMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) other Government departments distinguish between offences committed against (i) Christian, (ii) Muslim, (iii) Jewish and (iv) other places of worship in its (A) crime and (B) co
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences, including violence against the person by defendant’s age, sex and ethnicity, in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statis...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChurches: CrimeMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for crimes committed against (a) churches and (b) other Christian places of worship in England and Wales since 2010; and what proportion of all religious-premises offences thi
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences, including violence against the person by defendant’s age, sex and ethnicity, in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statis...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what strategic reasons aid is used to fund projects described as aiming to (a) influence social norms and (b) achieve social transformation overseas.
Answer: Since 2021, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has used the Programme Operating Framework (PrOF) to guide decisions on how UK foreign aid is spent effectively. The PrOF sets out mandatory rules and principles to ensure programmes alig...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Society: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which UK-registered (a) non-Governmental organisations, (b) charities and (c) UN agencies have received more than £10 million in funding for projects involving (i) norm chang
Answer: Since 2021, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has used the Programme Operating Framework (PrOF) to guide decisions on how UK foreign aid is spent effectively. The PrOF sets out mandatory rules and principles to ensure programmes alig...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department undertakes (a) risk and (b) equality impact assessments on aid projects whose stated objectives include (i) influencing norms and (ii) gender ideology.
Answer: Since 2021, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has used the Programme Operating Framework (PrOF) to guide decisions on how UK foreign aid is spent effectively. The PrOF sets out mandatory rules and principles to ensure programmes alig...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much overseas aid funding has been allocated to projects or programmes aimed at promoting (a) climate justice, (b) social transformation and (c) norm change since 2021.
Answer: Since 2021, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has used the Programme Operating Framework (PrOF) to guide decisions on how UK foreign aid is spent effectively. The PrOF sets out mandatory rules and principles to ensure programmes alig...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that overseas aid funding is not used to promote (a) social transformation, (b) gender ideology, (c) climate justice and (d) other ideologica
Answer: Since 2021, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has used the Programme Operating Framework (PrOF) to guide decisions on how UK foreign aid is spent effectively. The PrOF sets out mandatory rules and principles to ensure programmes alig...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Data ProtectionMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personal data breaches were reported by his Department to the Information Commissioner’s Office in each year since 2020; and how of those resulted in enforcement action.
Answer: 22 personal data incidents have been reported by the Ministry of Defence to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) since 2020. Three of those resulted in enforcement action. The personal data incidents reported to the ICO are listed in the Department...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: Home Country NationalsMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date (a) Ministers in his Department were informed of the data breach affecting Afghan nationals who worked with UK forces and (b) that breach was escalated to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Answer: Officials were alerted to the data incident on 14 August 2023, and it was reported the next day to Ministry of Defence (MOD) Head Office and Ministers in the previous Government. Immediate action was taken to ensure that the compromised dataset, which had...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxationTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85472More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the (a) figures, (b) charts and (c) underlying data tables on (i) income tax and (ii) indirect tax contributions by ethnicity referenced in her Department's Freedom of Information response FOI202
Answer: HM Treasury does not routinely publish information which is released in response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. The FOI was answered in accordance with the Freedom of Information principles.
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits and Taxation: StatisticsTreasuryTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85471More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Office for National Statistics has provided (a) data, (b) technical support and (c) modelling assistance her Department in connection with analyses of (i) tax contributions and (ii) benefit claims by (A)
Answer: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces the Living Costs and Food survey which is one of the household microdata sets used regularly for analysis of tax and welfare measures by protected characteristics to fulfil the requirements under the Publi...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetics: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued (a) a national strategy and (b) guidance for NHS trusts on genetic disorders linked to consanguinity.
Answer: Genomic testing is delivered through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service and guided by the National Genomic Test Directory, which outlines the eligibility criteria for genomic testing based on specific clinical indications. These eligibility criteria support...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Digital, Data and Technology roles at the NHS Business Services Authority filled by overseas recruits since January 2023 were advertised on the (a) NHS Jobs website and (b) Civil Service Jo
Answer: Since January 2023, a total of 68 staff were recruited from overseas into Digital, Data and Technology roles, sponsored by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) on a visa.The Digital, Data and Technology roles at the NHS BSA that were filled by ov...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff have been recruited from overseas into Digital, Data and Technology roles within the NHS Business Services Authority since January 2023.
Answer: Since January 2023, a total of 68 staff were recruited from overseas into Digital, Data and Technology roles, sponsored by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) on a visa.The Digital, Data and Technology roles at the NHS BSA that were filled by ov...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85016More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds (a) final business cases and (b) data protection impact assessments for (i) the Gov.uk One Login programme and (ii) other digital identity schemes.
Answer: GOV.UK One Login has a full business case which has been approved by the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury ministers. GOV.UK One Login has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), which we continue to develop with any new identity verification journeys. A...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Translation ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 83176 on Universal Credit, how many and what proportion of claims were made by people with the support of a paid interpreter; and what was the the t
Answer: The Department does not retain data on how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claims were made by people requiring the support of paid interpretation services. The breakdown of costs for translation and interpretation across all benefits includi...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Public SpeakingDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had correspondence with Wandsworth Council on external-speaker sessions in local schools on (a) migration and (b) asylum since January 2024.
Answer: Under sections 406 and 407 of the Equality Act 1996, schools must not promote partisan political views and should ensure that pupils are provided with a balanced treatment of political issues.To support this, the department has published comprehensive gui...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to schools on ensuring that classroom discussions involving people who have entered the UK illegally do not (a) compromise safeguarding standards and (b) expose pupils
Answer: Under sections 406 and 407 of the Equality Act 1996, schools must not promote partisan political views and should ensure that pupils are provided with a balanced treatment of political issues.To support this, the department has published comprehensive gui...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Academy: CateringMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) audit and (b) traceability checks are conducted to verify halal (i) certification and (ii) segregation in the Defence Academy catering supply chain; and how often compliance is reviewed.
Answer: There is no requirement in law to inform customers of specific slaughter methods, and this practice is not commonplace within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). At the Defence Academy catering outlets, all halal-certified meat is explicitly labelled at the po...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Academy: CateringMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) animal welfare and (b) assurance standards are required of halal-certified meat supplied at the Defence Academy; whether stunning is mandated; and which certification bodies are recognised.
Answer: There is no requirement in law to inform customers of specific slaughter methods, and this practice is not commonplace within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). At the Defence Academy catering outlets, all halal-certified meat is explicitly labelled at the po...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Academy: CateringMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on (a) the unit price (b) the supply chain and (c) wastage of supplying halal-certified meat by default at the Defence Academy.
Answer: There is no requirement in law to inform customers of specific slaughter methods, and this practice is not commonplace within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). At the Defence Academy catering outlets, all halal-certified meat is explicitly labelled at the po...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Academy: CateringMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the labelling requirements that apply at point-of-sale in Defence Academy catering outlets to identify halal-certified meat; and whether customers are informed when certification involves speci
Answer: There is no requirement in law to inform customers of specific slaughter methods, and this practice is not commonplace within the Ministry of Defence (MOD). At the Defence Academy catering outlets, all halal-certified meat is explicitly labelled at the po...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordQuality First Education TrustDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the Quality First Education Trust regarding (a) classroom sessions and (b) external speaker events addressing (i) migration and (ii) asylum issues in the 2024/25 aca
Answer: Under sections 406 and 407 of the Equality Act 1996, schools must not promote partisan political views and should ensure that pupils are provided with a balanced treatment of political issues.To support this, the department has published comprehensive gui...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMulti-academy Trusts: RegulationDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what oversight her Department exercises over academy trusts that invite external speakers to address pupils on politically sensitive issues.
Answer: Under sections 406 and 407 of the Equality Act 1996, schools must not promote partisan political views and should ensure that pupils are provided with a balanced treatment of political issues.To support this, the department has published comprehensive gui...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on obtaining parental consent before children participate in classroom sessions involving external speakers discussing their personal experiences of (a) irregula
Answer: Under sections 406 and 407 of the Equality Act 1996, schools must not promote partisan political views and should ensure that pupils are provided with a balanced treatment of political issues.To support this, the department has published comprehensive gui...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
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