Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Universal Credit: Medical CertificatesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming Universal Credit received fit notes in 2024.
Answer: The number of people on Universal Credit in Great Britain who submitted an accepted fit note to the Department from January 2024 to September 2024 is 805,890. Notes:Numbers are rounded to 10.Statistics have been provided to September 2024 in line with lat...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value was of student loans that were written off in 2024; and what this was as a proportion of all outstanding student loans.
Answer: The table below shows the amount that has been cancelled or written off during the most recent financial year, (2023/24) and the proportion that write offs or cancellations make out of the starting balance. 2023/24 Financial YearAmount cancelled or writte...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccine Damage Payment SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications were made to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme in 2024; and how many and what proportion of those applications were unsuccessful.
Answer: 9,554 applications were submitted to the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme in 2024. 4,593 of these applications have now concluded, with 4,589, or 99.9% of, claims rejected.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what costs from the treatment of chargeable overseas visitors (a) are outstanding and (b) have been written off in 2024.
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, and amounts written-off in-year by the National...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 26 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, column 631, on what his Department plans to spend the increase in defence spending.
Answer: Full details will be set out in the Strategic Defence Review to be published in spring 2025.
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, whether payments to Mauritius for the continued lease of the Diego Garcia military base will be
Answer: The terms of the treaty are still being finalised, once the treaty is finalised it will be put before Parliament for scrutiny in the usual way.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordJames Paget University Hospital: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timetable is for the completion of the James Paget Hospital rebuild.
Answer: The pre-construction activity for the James Paget Hospital scheme, which includes business case development and critical enabling works, is ongoing, with construction of the main hospital build expected to commence in 2027/28 as part of Wave 1 of the New ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: Protective ClothingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31569 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, if he will breakdown the programme of work to reduce excess PPE stock.
Answer: The programme to dispose of excess COVID-19 related personal protective equipment (PPE) stock through sales, donations, recycling and energy from waste concluded in January 2025.The storage costs for COVID-19 related PPE incurred in January 2025 were £300...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: Protective ClothingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 31569 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, if he will make an estimate of the (a) weekly and (b) total cost to the public purse of storing PPE
Answer: The programme to dispose of excess COVID-19 related personal protective equipment (PPE) stock through sales, donations, recycling and energy from waste concluded in January 2025.The storage costs for COVID-19 related PPE incurred in January 2025 were £300...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Cost Benefit AnalysisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a cost-benefit analysis of the Access to Work scheme.
Answer: The Department has not assessed the potential merits of conducting a cost-benefit analysis of the Access to Work scheme and currently does not have plans to do so.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: InterviewsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of interviews for the access to work scheme took place (a) remotely and (b) in person in 2024.
Answer: Customers applying for support from Access to Work can submit an online or written application. Interviews are only conducted for those customers requiring an assessment of their needs through one of our Holistic Assessment Providers. Customers are offere...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a list of mental health conditions that qualify for the access to work scheme.
Answer: There is no list of mental health conditions that qualify for the Access to Work Scheme. Access to Work is available for all disabled people and those with a health condition who require workplace adjustments that go beyond what would normally be expected...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Translation ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 30518 on Department for Work and Pensions: Translation Services, what the spend in social security benefits was on people receiving those interpret
Answer: This information is not collected by DWP, and thus is not available.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptography: AppleHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of people affected by the removal of Apple's Advanced Data Protection.
Answer: The Home Office does not comment on operational matters, including for example confirming or denying the existence of any notices. This has been the longstanding position of successive UK Governments for reasons of national security.The UK has a longstand...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordApple: Data ProtectionHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has requested access to Apple customers' personal data under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
Answer: The Home Office does not comment on operational matters, including for example confirming or denying the existence of any notices. This has been the longstanding position of successive UK Governments for reasons of national security.The UK has a longstand...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordICT: Personal RecordsHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to request access to encrypted personal data from (a) TikTok, (b) Alphabet, (c) Meta, (d) Amazon and (e) Microsoft.
Answer: The Home Office does not comment on operational matters, including for example confirming or denying the existence of any notices. This has been the longstanding position of successive UK Governments for reasons of national security.The UK has a longstand...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: AppleHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers from her Department and (c) senior officials from her Department have had with Apple since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Home Office Ministers and senior officials regularly meet with key stakeholders, including technology companies, on a range of policies and issues.Details of ministerial meetings are published on a quarterly basis on gov.uk.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Apple devices have been accessed by her Department under surveillance legislation in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The Home Office does not comment on operational matters, including for example confirming or denying the existence of any notices. This has been the longstanding position of successive UK Governments for reasons of national security.The UK has a longstand...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurityHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing encryption backdoors for use by the Government on the risk of the exploitation of those backdoors by (a) foreign st
Answer: The Home Office does not comment on operational matters, including for example confirming or denying the existence of any notices. This has been the longstanding position of successive UK Governments for reasons of national security.The UK has a longstand...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptographyHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to publish regular transparency reports on the number of encryption-related demands her Department makes to (a) Apple and (b) other technology companies.
Answer: The Home Office does not comment on operational matters, including for example confirming or denying the existence of any notices. This has been the longstanding position of successive UK Governments for reasons of national security.The UK has a longstand...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptography: AppleHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision by Apple to withdraw its advanced data protection system in the UK on cybersecurity risks to (a) businesses, (b) journalists and
Answer: The Home Office does not comment on operational matters, including for example confirming or denying the existence of any notices. This has been the longstanding position of successive UK Governments for reasons of national security.The UK has a longstand...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordApple: Data ProtectionHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Apple was directly instructed to disable its Advanced Data Protection encryption service for UK users.
Answer: The Home Office does not comment on operational matters, including for example confirming or denying the existence of any notices. This has been the longstanding position of successive UK Governments for reasons of national security.The UK has a longstand...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: NoiseDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the powers of train conductors to tackle disruptive levels of noise on trains.
Answer: Train operating companies including their conductors can already use the Railway Byelaws to address disruptive levels of noise, and we have no plans to make changes to this currently. To ensure ease of travel and safety for everyone using the railway, the...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordProscribed OrganisationsHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) investigated and (b) deported for supporting groups proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000 in the last ten years by proscribed group.
Answer: The Government takes proscription offences very seriously. It is an offence under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for a person to invite support for a proscribed organisation or express an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisa...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: Domestic VisitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms he has visited since 30 October 2024.
Answer: Ministers visit farms and other food production premises regularly.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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