Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Undocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who arrived in the UK on small boats who have withdrawn their asylum claims remain in the UK.
Answer: Available data on returns of failed asylum seekers, including those who arrive by small boat, is published on a quarterly basis by the Home Office. The latest data goes to the end of December 2024.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who arrived on small boats and have had their asylum application refused have not been deported.
Answer: Available data on returns of failed asylum seekers, including those who arrive by small boat, is published on a quarterly basis by the Home Office. The latest data goes to the end of December 2024.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHomes for Ukraine SchemeHome OfficeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many users there are of the Homes for Ukraine scheme by nationality.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas for the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme by nationality in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of visas are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed en...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLevelling Up Fund: Coastal AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the next tranche of levelling up funding is due to be paid to coastal towns.
Answer: Monitoring Returns determine the amount councils are paid in relation to each Levelling Up Fund project, with the next payments due in late March.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDomicil: TaxationTreasuryTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34444More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people with non-domiciled tax status who permanently left the UK in each month of 2024.
Answer: The Government’s priority is improving the UK’s competitiveness internationally and securing economic growth. The non-dom reforms have been specifically designed to make the UK competitive with a modern, simple tax regime that is also fair. The reforms es...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Married PeopleHome OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of spousal visas granted to people who were (a) first and (b) second cousins to their spouse in 2024.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 20 December 2024 in response to Question UIN 19992.
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications to extend student visas were successful in 2024.
Answer: Information on grants and refusals of extensions of stay to study is published in table EXE_D01, within the ‘Extensions detailed datasets’ file, at Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK. The latest publication includes data up to 31st Decembe...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: VisasHome OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of work visas that will be issued in 2025.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on the number of work visas issued in the Immigration system statistics quarterly release. See the entry clearance visa data tables.Future grant rates are very uncertain and liable to change.
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of medical school places are occupied by non-UK nationals.
Answer: The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) is responsible for collecting and publishing data on the UK higher education sector. These data are shared with the department and include a wide range of information on students in UK higher education provide...
Answered 23 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Foreign NationalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of Universal Credit payments made to foreign nationals in 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. The Department is exploring the feasibility of developing suitable official statistics related to the immigration status of non-UK / Irish Universal Cr...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreyhound RacingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support greyhound racing in England.
Answer: As the Secretary of State said recently, we have absolutely no plans to ban greyhound racing. We appreciate the joy it brings to many people in our country and the important contribution it makes to British cultural life and the rural economy, providing s...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: StreamingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide a breakdown of costs relating to her Department's podcast entitled First Draft.
Answer: The podcast was created and delivered as part of the DCMS Communications Teams' day to day work at no extra cost.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of assaults committed by biological males serving a custodial sentence in a women-only facility in 2024.
Answer: No such assaults have been reported.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of people impacted by train delays in 2024.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of people affected by train delays. Rail industry data measures train delays. The Office of Rail and Road publishes quarterly and periodic (four-weekly) statistics on punctuality, reliability and caus...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: AviationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the total number of (a) air miles and (b) flights undertaken by his Department's staff in 2024.
Answer: The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero had a total number of airmiles of 5,234,196 and total number of flights of 1768 in 2024.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming Pools: ClosuresDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public pools closed in 2024.
Answer: Twelve swimming pools on sites owned by Local Authorities closed in 2024. In the same time period, six swimming pools have opened. Facilities may close for a number of reasons: this can include consolidating multiple older facilities into a modern, better...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total number of minutes was by which trains were delayed in 2024.
Answer: The ORR publish statistics on delay minutes on their website at https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/performance/passenger-rail-performance/ (Table 3184). In the year ending 4 January 2025, a total of 15,897,997 delay minutes (15.9 million) were recor...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people used Access to Work support in 2024; for what reasons; and what the cost to the public purse was of this.
Answer: The most recent complete financial year of data available in the published Access to Work official statistics is 2023/24: Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2024 - GOV.UK. In 2023/24, around 61,630 people received a payment for any Access to W...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS paid in compensation in 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 14 November 2024 to Question 12205.The figures for the 2024/25 financial year are not complete at this stage. NHS Resolution will publish the figures for the 2024/25 financial year in its annual report and ac...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many yellow card reports on covid-19 vaccines there were in 2024.
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for ensuring that medicines, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion meet the applicable standards of safety, quality, and efficacy. The MHRA rigorously assesses t...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners released under the early release scheme have been rearrested.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold any data on arrests or rearrests as that is held by Home Office. Reoffending rates are published regularly on an annual and quarterly basis. The most recent rates are available at the following link: https://www.gov.u...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: WomenMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many biological males are currently serving a custodial sentence in a women's prison.
Answer: The latest published data on the placement of transgender prisoners (which covers transgender prisoners without gender recognition certificates, and is taken from a snapshot of the prison population on 31 March 2024), there were 2 or fewer transgender wom...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: European UnionTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34090More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid to the EU in 2024.
Answer: HM Treasury will soon be publishing details of UK payments under the Financial Settlement in 2024 and its latest estimate for outstanding UK liabilities as at 31st December 2024, in the annual European Union Finances Statement. Publication is expected in ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCoal: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the (a) value and (b) volume of coal imported into the UK was in 2024.
Answer: Coal import data are published by HMRC in the Overseas Trade Data tables. The coal import value and volume for 2024 will be published in table G.2 of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics in July 2025.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders were granted temporary release in 2024.
Answer: The number of foreign national offenders Released on Temporary Licence (ROTL) in 2024 is not available; this data forms a subset of ROTL data scheduled for future publication in April 2025. In accordance with the requirements of the Code of Practice for O...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
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