Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2025
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RadicalismHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the Prevent strategy currently plays in identifying and disrupting Islamist radicalisation; and whether changes are planned to improve its effectiveness.
Answer: Prevent aims to limit exposure to radicalising narratives, both online and offline, and to create an environment where radicalising ideologies are challenged and are not permitted to flourish.The Prevent Duty Guidance sets out how local partners should ad...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalismHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many premises have been investigated, restricted, or closed in the last five years due to concerns relating to extremist ideology.
Answer: It is a long-standing policy that the Home Office does not comment on specific cases.Regardless of the worldview it draws from, if an ideology is causing harm by radicalising others into hatred, violence and extremism we will take action to prevent this a...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalismHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what oversight mechanisms exist to monitor institutions where extremist ideology may be promoted.
Answer: The Prevent duty requires specified authorities such as education, health, local authorities, police and criminal justice agencies (prisons and probation) to help prevent the risk of people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism which includes the ne...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential need for further legislative or operational measures to prevent, disrupt, and dismantle extremist networks that pose a threat to public safety.
Answer: The police have a range of tools and powers to counter the activities of extremist networks including Counter-Terrorism, hate crime, public order and wider public safety legislation. Where extremists breach criminal thresholds we will take action.Since th...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorism and Immigration: Information SharingHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that immigration enforcement and counter-terrorism agencies share intelligence effectively.
Answer: The Home Office undertakes a range of measures to ensure border security however, we do not comment on matters of intelligence.
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals to counter-extremism programmes have been made in each of the last five years, broken down by ideology.
Answer: i) Individuals referred to the Prevent programme Prevent aims to stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It works to ensure that people who are susceptible to radicalisation are offered appropriate interventions and support, and that...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Register: NationalityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to require the Electoral Commission to collect nationality data already held by EROs in order to improve transparency and electoral integrity.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of foreign nationals registered to vote in UK local elections. Electoral registers are managed at a local level by Electoral Registration Officers. The Electoral Commission already has access to information ...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: Local GovernmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has considered standardising the collection of nationality-grouped data at national level to ensure consistent oversight of local-election eligibility acro
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of foreign nationals registered to vote in UK local elections. Electoral registers are managed at a local level by Electoral Registration Officers. The Electoral Commission already has access to information ...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Register: NationalityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether nationality data held by EROs is used in any national-security screening or analysis relating to electoral interference risk.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of postal or proxy votes issued to foreign nationals eligible to vote in English local elections. The Department also does not hold data on the number of foreign nationals registered to vote in English local...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAbsent Voting: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has conducted any assessment of risks posed by foreign-state or foreign-network mobilisation of postal-voting blocks among overseas nationals eligible to
Answer: The Government is committed to upholding and strengthening UK democracy by protecting against foreign interference, improving political transparency, adding tougher checks for donations and closing loopholes by reinforcing electoral legislation against fo...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordElectoral Register: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the absence of nationality-grouped oversight forms part of the Government’s election integrity risk assessments, and if so, what assessment has been made of the risks ass
Answer: The Government is committed to upholding and strengthening UK democracy by protecting against foreign interference, improving political transparency, adding tougher checks for donations and closing loopholes by reinforcing electoral legislation against fo...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAbsent Voting: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government monitors the number of postal or proxy votes issued to non-UK nationals eligible to vote in local elections.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of postal or proxy votes issued to foreign nationals eligible to vote in English local elections. The Department also does not hold data on the number of foreign nationals registered to vote in English local...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Register: NationalityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy for either (a) his Department or (b) the Electoral Commission to centrally collect nationality data for registered electors.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of foreign nationals registered to vote in UK local elections. Electoral registers are managed at a local level by Electoral Registration Officers. The Electoral Commission already has access to information ...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Register: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds aggregated data on the number of foreign nationals registered to vote in UK local elections, broken down by EU citizens, Irish citizens, and qualifyi
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of foreign nationals registered to vote in UK local elections. Electoral registers are managed at a local level by Electoral Registration Officers. The Electoral Commission already has access to information ...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Great YarmouthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients in Great Yarmouth receive equal access to NHS services.
Answer: As part of the 10-Year Health Plan we are focusing the role of integrated care boards (ICBs) on strategic commissioning to improve population health. NHS England has published the Strategic Commissioning Framework which supports the development of care mo...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Coastal AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that coastal hospitals such as the James Paget receive adequate NHS capital and revenue funding.
Answer: We remain committed to delivering all schemes within the New Hospital Programme, including James Paget, which will continue through the Spending Review 2025. The programme is funded for five-year waves of investment, averaging around £3 billion a year fro...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordJames Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has direct oversight of financial efficiencies at the James Paget Trust.
Answer: The East of England Regional Team has detailed and regular engagement with the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to discuss both their financial position and, more specifically, the delivery of their financial efficiencies. The monthly...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordJames Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust: ConsultantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (i) James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (ii) Norfolk and Waveney Community Health and Care NHS Trust spent on external consultants in each of the last three financial
Answer: The following table shows the amount spent by James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Norfolk and Waveney Community Health and Care NHS Trust for the last three financial years: 2022/232023/242024/25James Paget University Hospitals NHS F...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordJames Paget University Hospital and Northgate Hospital Great Yarmouth: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional funding to (i) James Paget Hospital and (ii) Northgate Hospital to help support (a) local residents and (b) its seasonal tourist population.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning and funding the care delivered by healthcare providers, including the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. The amount of fun...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordJames Paget University Hospital: ParkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of staff parking charges on recruitment and morale at James Paget Hospital.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the impact of staff parking charges on recruitment and morale at James Paget Hospital.The health and wellbeing of National Health Service staff is a top priority, and all NHS organisations have a responsibility to create sup...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordJames Paget University Hospital: Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of ambulance handover delays at James Paget Hospital in each of the past three years.
Answer: NHS England publishes monthly data on ambulance handovers, including at the James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust over the past three years. This information is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statisti...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: Coastal AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether additional support will be given to coastal councils like Great Yarmouth facing above-average costs for waste and public space maintenance.
Answer: The government recognises the significant pressures that councils are facing. This is why, alongside the additional £3.4 billion of grant funding announced at the Spending Review, the government is delivering fair funding reforms to ensure money goes to t...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: Great YarmouthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department will review the impact of waste disposal charges on the level of illegal dumping in Great Yarmouth.
Answer: The Department has no plans to review the impact of waste disposal charges on the level of illegal dumping in Great Yarmouth. Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) play an important role in helping people to dispose of their waste responsibly. Local a...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: Great YarmouthMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for fly-tipping were brought in Great Yarmouth in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of whether current penalties are a sufficient deterrent.
Answer: Fly-tipping is a serious crime which blights communities and the environment and dealing with it imposes significant costs on both taxpayers and businesses. Anyone caught fly-tipping may be prosecuted and faces potentially serious punishment.The Ministry ...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordStreet Cleaning: Great YarmouthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of street cleaning, litter collection and maintenance in Great Yarmouth’s town centre and seafront.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the adequacy of street cleaning, litter collection and maintenance in Great Yarmouth’s town centre and seafront. Local councils are responsible for keeping their streets clear of litter and refuse. The role of central Govern...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
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