Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2024
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Offenders: DeportationMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of foreign national offenders serving prison sentences have been transferred to prison in their country of origin in each of the last five years.
Answer: The table below shows the number of foreign national offenders removed under prisoner transfer agreements in each year since 2020, including 2024 to date:202081202173202250202333202474As the number of foreign national prisoners is constantly changing, it ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison Phoenix Trust: ContractsMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Prison Phoenix Trust has received from her Department for (a) prison contracts and (b) contracts relating (i) HMP Maidstone, (ii) HMP Huntercombe and (iii) HMP Morton Hall in the last financial year.
Answer: In the last financial year (FY 23/24) Prison Phoenix Trust has received £54,663 from the Department for prison contracts. The Prison Phoenix Trust has received £0 for contracts relating to HMP Maidstone, HMPS Huntercombe and HMP Morton Hall in the last f...
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: NorfolkMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to put proposed changes to the structure of local government in Norfolk to voters in that county.
Answer: The English Devolution White Paper sets out the Government’s plans for local government reorganisation, and that the Government will write to council leaders as soon as possible to formally invite proposals, setting out information on our criteria for sus...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many notices that a person is to be treated as an illegal entrant or as a person liable to administrative removal under section 10 of the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999 have been issued by her Depa
Answer: The specific information requested is not readily available from published statistics, and could only be obtained for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a review into the funding of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Answer: There is currently no planned review of the funding of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).The MHRA is funded predominately by charging fees to industry, for the services it delivers, with additional funding being provided by th...
Answered 31 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSole Traders: RegistrationTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20467More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sole traders (a) registered and (b) deregistered each day in 2024.
Answer: HMRC does not hold the data requested relating to people added to and removed from PAYE. The PAYE population is made up of around 35 million individuals, and precise numbers change frequently as customers take up their first PAYE employment or pension, st...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPAYETreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20466More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were (a) added and (b) removed from PAYE each day in 2024.
Answer: HMRC does not hold the data requested relating to people added to and removed from PAYE. The PAYE population is made up of around 35 million individuals, and precise numbers change frequently as customers take up their first PAYE employment or pension, st...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: CrimeMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing guidance on the sentencing of people committing offences on social media.
Answer: Sentencing guidelines are developed by the independent Sentencing Council for England and Wales, in fulfilment of its statutory duty to do so.The Council is independent of Parliament and Government. As an independent body, the Council decides on its own p...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20299More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil service job opportunities restricted applications through positive action schemes based on (a) race and (b) sex or gender in the last financial year.
Answer: Cabinet Office recruitment policy and practice is conducted in accordance with UK law, including the Equality Act 2010, as well as the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles and the Civil Service Nationality rules (available on GOV.UK). Non-Min...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: English LanguageDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the proportion of children that started secondary school who are (a) new to and (b) have early acquisition of English in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The department does not hold data for children who have learnt English throughout their lifetime. Data for the proportion and number of children who are not known to have English as their first language can be found at school level in the school census pu...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChange NHS: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is of Change NHS.
Answer: The public and staff must be at the centre of the development of the plan to make the National Health Service fit for the future, so it makes a positive impact on their day-to-day lives. That is why we are running a series of in-depth deliberative events ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid WorkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the Summer Development Internship Programme 2025 is open to all applicants.
Answer: As a public body, the Environment Agency (EA) is committed to meeting the obligations set out in the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty. These require public bodies to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster goo...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recruitment and Unpaid WorkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure (a) internships and (b) job opportunities in (i) his Department and (ii) its non-departmental public bodies are open to all applicants.
Answer: The core department complies with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles by ensuring that appointments to the Civil Service are made on the basis of merit following a fair and open competition. Defra’s Non-Departmental Public Bodies are accredited by Th...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-departmental Public Bodies: CostsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20085More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was for all non-departmental bodies in the last financial year.
Answer: We are currently collecting financial data from arms lengths bodies, which includes non-departmental public bodies, for 2023/24 and will publish it in due course. Financial data for arm’s length bodies, including non-departmental public bodies, in 2022/23...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArrests: Great YarmouthHome OfficeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were arrested in Great Yarmouth constituency in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: This data is not collected centrally, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: Great YarmouthDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of school places in Great Yarmouth constituency (a) available and (b) requested in the next academic year.
Answer: As part of the school capacity survey 2023, Norfolk local authority submitted to the department information on school capacity and forecast demand for school places. Forecasts are made for pupil place planning areas, which are not a standard geography and...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour: Great YarmouthHome OfficeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to reduce antisocial behaviour in Great Yarmouth constituency.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.The Government recently announced Respect Orders, which will be introduced in the forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill. Respect Orders c...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: Great YarmouthDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children entered (a) primary and (b) secondary school in Great Yarmouth constituency in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The department publishes the number of pupils in primary and secondary schools in the Great Yarmouth constituency. This data is available in the ’Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, which is based on the January school census. The most...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSewageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department uses sewage to estimate population changes.
Answer: Defra does not routinely measure population changes and therefore does not use sewage monitoring for this purpose. Sewerage undertakers account for population changes in their business planning by using local Government growth plans and population data su...
Answered 30 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent further damage following coastal erosion in Hemsby; and what his Department’s timetable is for reviewing the funding formula for flood de
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answers to his previous questions; PQ 12005, tabled on 30 October 2024, and PQ 8968, tabled on 14 October 2024.
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCrime: NationalityHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a review of which nationalities proportionately commit the largest number of crimes.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice already publishes the nationality of those entering custody or serving prison sentences as part of their quarterly Offender Management Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-ap...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: Married PeopleHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of spousal visas were issued to cousins in each of the previous ten years.
Answer: The requested data is not currently collected, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCongenital Abnormalities: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the costs to the NHS of treating birth defects resulting from cousin marriage in each of the past ten years.
Answer: The Government has not carried out an assessment of the costs to the National Health Service of treating birth defects resulting from cousin marriage.We will continue to work with the NHS as it delivers its three-year maternity and neonatal plan to grow o...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) cost of building HS2 and (b) impact of HS2 on economic growth in the next 10 years; and what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies o
Answer: HS2 has faced increases in costs since delivery started and this needs to end and the programme must be brought under control. The Secretary of State has asked Mark Wild, the new CEO of HS2 Ltd, to review the remaining scope, the cost and schedule needed ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: VisasHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to verify that individuals that enter the country on student visas are attending their courses.
Answer: Sponsoring institutions of international students are required to promptly report where sponsorship is withdrawn due to failure to enrol or attend classes in line with published duties to UKVI. Sponsors are required to submit an annual assessment where co...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
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