Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2026
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Wales Office: ResearchWales OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The cost to the public purse is zero as the Department has not undertaken any feasibility studies in the last five years.
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: ResearchScotland OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The Scotland Office can confirm that the cost over the last five years of conducting feasibility studies is nil.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: ResearchNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) manages its projects in accordance with the principles of HM Treasury’s Managing Public Money to ensure the effective and efficient use of public funds.Following a review of departmental records for the last five years, t...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: ResearchMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held in an accessible form.Due to this any response could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ResearchMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost to the Department.
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: ResearchMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: Feasibility studies are an essential tool to avoid committing funds to unsuitable projects and their use is considered as part of routine project management.As this is not centrally held, it is not possible to provide this information without incurring di...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: ResearchHome OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: ResearchTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106045More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not held as we do not track costs in this way.
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: ResearchForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: Data on feasibility studies specifically for projects that did not proceed is not tracked individually. Isolating this would require manual review of large volumes of data, making it impractical to extract reliably without disproportionate effort and cost...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not held in this format in the Department’s accounts system and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: ResearchDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: ResearchDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: Feasibility studies are a routine part of the Department’s approach to assessing potential transport projects, and the associated costs are managed within individual programme budgets rather than held in a single collated dataset. These studies are conduc...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology does not hold a central record of feasibility studies undertaken for projects that subsequently did not proceed. Identifying the total cost over the last five years would require manual review of recor...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: ResearchDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: ResearchDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero does not hold this information centrally. The information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: ResearchDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The cost of feasibility studies conducted by the department on school building capital projects that did not proceed in the last 5 years is £8,689,888.These costs are made up of capital funding, property costs, professional and technical services, staff a...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: ResearchDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: ResearchDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not maintain central records of feasibility study costs for projects that did not proceed.The information requested is not held in a format that would allow us to provide a comprehensive answer. To collate this i...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ResearchCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106032More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of feasibility studies conducted by their Department for projects that did not proceed in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMobile PhonesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an estimate of the total number of active mobile phone (a) connections (b) contracts/subscriptions in the UK.
Answer: Ofcom's Telecommunications Market Data Update, published on the 15th of January 2026, shows that the number of active mobile phone subscriptions in the UK was 91 million as of the end of September 2025. This figure represents an increase of 895,000 subscr...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105495More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will launch an inquiry into vaccine harms and excess deaths during Covid-19 lockdowns.
Answer: Our thoughts are with the families of those who lost loved ones and those who continue to suffer because of the pandemic. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry was established in 2022 under the Inquiries Act. The Government is fully committed to supporting the work of ...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Work ExperienceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a work experience scheme for relevant Ministers to shadow small business owners.
Answer: This government is committed to hardwiring the voice of SME owners and entrepreneurs into government policy. For example, as part of co-designing our Plan for Small Business launched in July 2025, DBT Ministers engaged with hundreds of individual SMEs acr...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Great YarmouthHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost to the public purse of translation and interpretation services by her Department for asylum seekers in Great Yarmouth constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of asylum (a) support payments, (b) accommodation and (c) associated services.
Answer: The full cost of asylum support is disclosed in the Departments published Annual Report and Accounts and includes support payments, accommodation and all other support services.A link to the text on the 2024-25 Home Office Annual Report and Accounts (ARA)...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what weekly financial support is provided to asylum seekers, including cash payments and vouchers; and how many people receive this support.
Answer: The level of the allowance given to those supported under section 95 and section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is reviewed each year to ensure it covers an asylum seeker’s “essential living needs”. Full details of the items that are considered ...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
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