Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2025
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Home Office: PayHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees in her Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: Please see below for the number of employees with an annual salary of (a) £100,000 or more and (b) £166,000 or more.Remuneration BandsNo of Employees(a) £100,000 or more109Remuneration BandsNo of Employees(b) £166,000 or more6
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: PayTreasuryTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70145More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in her Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: This information is available through the quarterly senior organogram published by the department on gov.uk
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: PayForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many employees in his Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) can confirm that this information is held within our published Annual Report and Accounts for 2024-2025 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687e39109914d1f63267c5e5/FCDO-Annual-Report-and...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many employees in his Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: Based on pro rate salary and allowances data for the Department, 92 employees earn between £100,00 and £165,999, and 11 earn £166,000 or more.
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees in her Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: From HR data for paid staff in June 2025, there are 98 staff in total with annual salary of £100k or more, of which 6 staff have an annual salary of £166k or more.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: PayDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees in her Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: Organograms for Senior Civil Servant roles provides information on the number of civil servants earning over £100,000 and in other bandings. This data is published by departments on a quarterly basis, the latest information for the Department for Transpor...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: PayDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many employees in his Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: The published 'DSIT Organogram of Staff Roles and Salaries' provides information on the number of civil servants earning over £100,000 and in other bandings. The latest information can be found here: DSIT Organogram of Staff Roles & Salaries - data.go...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: PayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees in his Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: Defra publishes organogram data for Senior Civil Servants here: Organogram of Staff Roles & Salaries - data.gov.uk.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: PayDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many employees in his Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero publishes information on the number of civil servants earning over £100,000 per year, including those earning £166,000 or more, in its Organogram of Staff Roles and Salaries. The latest data is publicly avai...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employees in her Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: The information requested is available in our published transparency data, which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disclosure-of-scs-posts-and-salary-information.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: PayDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employees in her Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: Civil Service Statistics (Table 35) provides information on the number of civil servants earning over £100,000 and in other bandings. The latest information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2024Organogra...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: PayDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employees in his Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: Information on the number of individuals directly employed by the Department who earn £100,000 or more, including those earning £166,000 or more, is published on a quarterly basis in the Department’s organograms. These set out senior civil service pay det...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70132More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees in his Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: Salary information for Senior Cabinet Office employees can be found at https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/ff76be1f-4f37-4bef-beb7-32b259413be1/organogram-cabinet-office. The next update is due to be published by 6th December 2025.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: PayAttorney GeneralTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70130More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many employees in her Department earn (a) £100,000 and (b) £166,000 or more per year.
Answer: The Attorney General’s Office follows Civil Service Commission guidance on recruitment of its staff and remunerates consistent to Cabinet Office rules. All government departments are required to publish the salaries of Senior Civil Servants in their Annua...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: MigrantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance she has issued to (a) work coaches and (b) case managers on processing claims for new claimants from (i) Israel and (ii) the Palestinian Occupied Territories.
Answer: Guidance for DWP staff making benefit decisions is available on gov.uk. Specific guidance on new customers arriving in the UK from Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories will be published in the usual way.
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Habitual Residence TestDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason new claimants from (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Palestinian Territories will be exempt from the Habitual Residence Test for Universal Credit.
Answer: Given the circumstances in which British nationals and their eligible families have urgently travelled to the UK following the Government’s evacuations, DWP want to ensure that those arriving can access benefits as soon as possible (where they meet all ot...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticeship LevyTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68160More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the funds raised through the apprenticeship levy was allocated directly to apprenticeships; and how much was redirected to general government revenue in each of the last ten financial years.
Answer: The Apprenticeship Levy was introduced in 2017, and is paid by large employers with a total annual pay bill of over £3 million. Their contribution is 0.5% of their total annual pay bill. HMT sets the Department for Education’s budget at each Spending Revi...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the proportion of local authorities that conduct (a) in-person interviews and (b) English language testing before issuing (i) taxi and (ii) private hire vehicle licences
Answer: The Policing and Crime Act 2017 enables the Secretary of State for Transport to issue statutory guidance to licensing authorities on exercising their taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions to protect children and vulnerable adults. Statutory gu...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: Personal NamesHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy to allow people with pending deportation orders to change their name.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave him to Question 58408.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: IncomeTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68157More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have had a turnover below the VAT threshold in each of the past five years.
Answer: The total number of businesses in 2024 is estimated at 5.6 million (see Business population estimates 2024 - GOV.UK, detailed table 2). According to HMRC statistics, there were around 1.3 million business registered for VAT with turnover above the thresho...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWales Office: ContractsWales OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of her Department's procurement contracts were awarded to UK companies in the last financial year.
Answer: Details of central government contracts above £12,000 for procurements commenced before 24 February 2025 are published on Contracts Finder (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder).Contracts procured under the Procurement Act 2023 above £12,000 inc. VAT are p...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: ContractsScotland OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of procurement contracts were awarded to UK companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: The Scotland Office did not award any procurement contracts in 2024-25.The Scotland Office is a small Ministerial Department which, other than for minor or bespoke purchases, does not normally undertake direct procurement.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: ContractsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of procurement contracts were awarded to UK companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: In the 2024-25 financial year, the Northern Ireland Office has awarded all procurement contracts to UK companies.Details of central government contracts above £12,000 for procurements commenced before 24 February 2025 are published on Contracts Finder (ht...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: ContractsMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of procurement contracts were awarded to UK companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: Within financial year 2024-2025, the Ministry of Justice awarded 601 contracts to suppliers for provision of goods and services across the justice sector. 591 (98.3%) of these contracts were awarded to UK companies.Details of central government contracts ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ContractsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of procurement contracts were awarded to UK companies in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: Details of central government contracts above £12,000 for procurements commenced before 24 February 2025 are published on Contracts Finder (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder). Contracts procured under the Procurement Act 2023 above £12,000 inc VAT are p...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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