Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2025
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Refugees: GazaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has made available to local authorities for (a) housing (b) other support to Gazan evacuees.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is funding local authorities, in the form of an accommodation tariff, so they can provide suitable accommodation for families from Gaza for up to two years in England.The Department of Health and S...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which local authorities have (a) received and (b) are housing (i) individuals and (ii) families evacuated from Gaza.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Statement HCWS899 made to the House on 1 September 2025 by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. As of 28 October 2025, four groups of patients have now arrived. The safety, privacy, ...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October to Question 81590 on Medical Treatments: Gaza, whether routes for (a) extension and (b) variation of leave have been specified under the Immigration Rules.
Answer: Should individuals wish to remain in the UK beyond the initial 24 months, they can apply for further permission to stay under existing routes within the Immigration Rules, before their current permission to stay expires. Details about the criteria and how...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people who have entered the UK under the Gaza medical evacuation scheme have recourse to non-medical public funds.
Answer: Should individuals wish to remain in the UK beyond the initial 24 months, they can apply for further permission to stay under existing routes within the Immigration Rules, before their current permission to stay expires. Details about the criteria and how...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Spaces Protection Orders: HarrowMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on the amount spent by Harrow Council on (a) No spitting signage and (b) related Public Space Protection Order enforcement campaigns sinc
Answer: Local councils are responsible for their own spending. The majority of funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement is unringfenced recognising that local leaders are best placed to identify local priorities.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data the DLVA records on where a driver passed their driving test when exchanging a non-UK licence for a UK licence.
Answer: When a GB driving licence is issued in exchange for a licence issued in a non-GB country, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) add a ‘Code 70’ to the driver’s record to indicate that the driving licence was obtained through an exchange. Also, th...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether officials in her Department have had (a) meetings and (b) correspondence with (i) the Carbon Trust, (ii) MyEmissions, (iii) Raynor Foods Ltd. and (iv) UK food retailers on the
Answer: Eco-labels on food are used by some businesses on a voluntary basis to help consumers make more sustainable choices. Eco-labels based on robust environmental impact data could support informed consumer choices and business competition based on sustainabil...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a cross-party commission to progress the public inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Answer: The Government is driving forward work to establish the National Inquiry into Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse under the Inquiries Act 2005. It will be overseen by an Independent Commission with statutory powers to compel evidence and testi...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCensusCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84770More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to (a) initiate and (b) publish the findings of an emergency census in 2026.
Answer: In July the Government confirmed the next census of England and Wales will take place in 2031.
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetics: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff there are whose responsibilities include addressing genetic disorders associated with consanguinity.
Answer: The National Health Service in England supports patients with a variety of conditions related to genetics. NHS England is piloting and evaluating new models of care to improve the equity of access to genetic services for the small proportion of couples at...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of Safe Surgeries held by GPs in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold information regarding the number of Safe Surgeries.GPs are independent business that hold contracts with the National Health Service to perform essential services to the public, and as independent businesses, it is for each pr...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the potential merits of barring non-UK nationals from (a) being the lead tenant for social housing (b) living in social housing.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 19776 on 20 December 2024.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: GazaHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84451More
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 information requested is not available from published statistics. Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, th...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has been the 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 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: MigrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information the Department holds on the number of Somali citizens living in social housing as a proportion of the Somali population living in the UK for which the latest dat
Answer: My Department does not hold data on the type of housing tenure in which Somali nationals living in the UK reside.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Translation ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the total cost of (a) translation and (b) interpretation for services related to social housing in each of the last ten financial years.
Answer: My Department does not hold data on the cost of translation and interpretation for services related to social housing.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Oral QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84443More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how questions were provided to the Prime Minister in advance of Prime Minister's questions since 5 July 2025, broken down by party.
Answer: In line with long-standing convention, MPs are responsible for what they say in the chamber.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October to Question 81590 on Medical Treatments: Gaza, what wraparound support is offered through the Gaza injured children scheme.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for delivering the wraparound services required to support the patients and their immediate family travelling with them from Gaza to settle in England.This includes providing support upon arrival, urgent health treatment,...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 81590 on Medical Treatments: Gaza, how many (a) children and (b) dependants have entered the UK under that scheme.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics. Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, th...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAbortion: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on abortion rates for (a) male and (b) female babies after 20 weeks by ethnicity.
Answer: In accordance with the Abortion Act 1967, registered medical practitioners must notify the Chief Medical Officer of abortions within 14 days. The Department collects information on abortions via the HSA4 abortion notification form. The form does not captu...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorismHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Prevent learning review, whether her Department plans to change to the definition Islamic terrorism to international terrorism.
Answer: The Independent Review of Prevent recommended that the Government should keep the current terminology to describe Islamist and Extreme Right-Wing ideology to ensure language was accurate and accessible.The Government has accepted this recommendation and w...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: VictimsHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a review into the equality of protections for white British victims of hate crimes.
Answer: The Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime wherever in the country it occurs, and whoever is responsible for committing it.Race is already a protected characteristic in hate crime legislation in England and Wales - for example, the Cri...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DiscriminationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84102More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has had discussions with the (a) Confederation of British Industry and (b) other trade associations on anti-white discrimination in workplace diversity schemes.
Answer: The Equality Act 2010 provides protections in the workplace and in society which generally make it unlawful to discriminate against someone because of, or in relation to, their protected characteristics. For example, if an employer were to discriminate ag...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided funding to universities for schemes that exclude white applicants.
Answer: The department has not directly awarded funding to any such schemes within higher education.
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Racial DiscriminationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84096More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government collects data on complaints of racial discrimination made by white British employees in the public sector.
Answer: We are committed to upholding Britain’s long-standing record of protecting the rights of individuals against unlawful discrimination, and ensuring the Equality Act 2010 protects everyone. The government does not hold this data centrally. The Courts and Tr...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
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