Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a review of the number of irregular migrants resident in the UK.
Answer: Robust procedures are in place to ensure that individuals with no right to be in the UK are removed, either voluntarily or through enforcement action.When an individual fails to engage with the Home Office or attend a reporting event, we automatically see...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people scheduled for deportation have absconded in each of the last five years.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Home Office does not h...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: RepatriationHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average award to each individual was under the Voluntary Returns Scheme; and what the total cost was to the public purse of the Voluntary Returns Scheme in each of the last five years.
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.There are long standing arrangements to encourage individuals to return to...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of illegal migrants have been deported following an immigration raid in each of the last five years.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Home Office does not h...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationalities were of illegal migrants removed since 2018.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics quarterly release’.Data on enforced and voluntary returns from the UK, including the breakdown by nationality can be found in Ret_D01 of the ‘Returns detaile...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many removals of illegal migrants were (a) voluntary and (b) enforced since 2018.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics quarterly release’.Data on enforced and voluntary returns from the UK, including the breakdown by nationality can be found in Ret_D01 of the ‘Returns detaile...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many chartered flights for the deportation of illegal migrants there were in each of the last five years; and how many such migrants there were on each such flight.
Answer: The table below shows the number of flights chartered in each of the last five years, and the total number of individuals who were returned or removed on these flights.YearFlightsIndividuals2020478832021641,2982022621,5662023602,6222024663,533
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPakistan: DeportationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on returning people from that country convicted for involvement in grooming gangs.
Answer: The UK has regular constructive discussions with Pakistani authorities on a range of topics of vital mutual interest, including criminal justice. Despite the complex challenges when seeking to return foreign national offenders, this government is fully co...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: NorfolkMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that the Norfolk County Council elections take place on 1 May 2025.
Answer: As set out in my letter of 16 December to all councils in two-tier areas and neighbouring small unitaries, I will consider requests to postpone local elections where it is clear that postponement will help the area to deliver both reorganisation and devol...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how many (a) police officers, (b) officials of local authorities and (c) social workers who were found to have had knowledge at the time of grooming by Pakista
Answer: The Government is actively working to ensure that all institutions and individuals remain responsible and accountable in protecting children from all forms of child sexual abuse. This includes compliance with existing statutory safeguarding duties, and th...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: Norfolk County CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when a final decision on elections to Norfolk County Council will be made.
Answer: As set out in my letter of 16 December to all councils in two-tier areas and neighbouring small unitaries, I will consider requests to postpone local elections where it is clear that postponement will help the area to deliver both reorganisation and devol...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: Norfolk County CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what impact the Devolution Priority Programme will have on elections to Norfolk County Council.
Answer: As set out in my letter of 16 December to all councils in two-tier areas and neighbouring small unitaries, I will consider requests to postpone local elections where it is clear that postponement will help the area to deliver both reorganisation and devol...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: DiscountsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging council tax discounts for residents in authorities without elections on 1 May 2025 due to participation in t
Answer: The assumption is that elections in most places where scheduled will take place as planned. Where I take a decision to postpone elections scheduled for May 2025, this will be where the councils concerned have requested it alongside a clear commitment to d...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing an alternative title for county councillors who remain in office after 1 May 2025 due to their authority’s par
Answer: There are no plans to provide an alternative title for county councillors whose authority participates in the devolution priority programme.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a system to provide appropriate redress for people who were (a) officially reprimanded, (b) prosecuted and (c) faced other punitive action for
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Home Secretary's statement made on 16 January 2025, in which she announced the appointment of Baroness Louise Casey to lead a rapid three-month audit into these issues. The audit will examine all the currently available da...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: ProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Minister will make an assessment of the potential merits of immediately releasing of all court transcripts related to the Pakistani heritage grooming gangs.
Answer: The release of court transcripts to interested parties in relation to individual court cases is a matter for the trial judge to consider. There is a standard process all applicants must follow to request and access a Crown Court transcript. An application...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people deported as a result of a conviction for involvement in a Pakistani heritage grooming gang benefited from her Department's Reintegration Programme.
Answer: Any foreign national who commits serious crimes in our country should be in no doubt that we will do everything possible to ensure their deportation from the UK, so that they can no longer represent an ongoing risk to our communities or an ongoing burden ...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRepatriationHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of her Department's Reintegration Programme was in the last ten years; and how many people of what countries of origin benefited from that Programme in that period.
Answer: Any foreign national who commits serious crimes in our country should be in no doubt that we will do everything possible to ensure their deportation from the UK, so that they can no longer represent an ongoing risk to our communities or an ongoing burden ...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: PakistanHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications from people with Pakistani nationality have been rejected because of their criminal record in each of the last five years.
Answer: Individuals with criminal records may automatically be denied a visa, depending on the circumstances of each case. All guidance on the use of criminality on the grounds for release can be found at: Grounds for refusal: criminality (accessible) - GOV.UK.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ConvictionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people convicted for their involvement in Pakistani heritage grooming gangs were in receipt of (a) Universal Credit and (b) another benefit when they committed their crimes.
Answer: The requested information is not held.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how many (a) police officers, (b) officials of local authorities and (c) social workers (i) lost their jobs, (ii) faced legal proceedings and (iii) suffered ot
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the Home Secretary's statement made on 16 January 2025, in which she announced the appointment of Baroness Louise Casey to lead a rapid three-month audit into these issues. The audit will examine all the currently available da...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a police task force to (a) identify and (b) investigate (i) local and (ii) national officials that had knowledge of and failed to
Answer: This Government is focused on delivering meaningful change for victims and survivors impacted by these horrendous crimes, safeguarding children, and ensuring law enforcement have the tools and capabilities to pursue and bring offenders to justice.This inc...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders convicted for their involvement in the grooming gangs scandal were deported; how many deportation orders failed; and for what reason.
Answer: The crimes committed by child sexual offenders, who prey on the young and vulnerable, are appalling. It is well-documented that some of those involved in grooming in the UK have been foreign nationals and others have been dual nationals against whom actio...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those convicted for their involvement in Pakistani heritage grooming gangs (a) are still in prison, (b) have been deported, (c) have been released back into the same community and (d) did not serve a
Answer: Information on whether individuals are part of ‘Pakistani heritage grooming gangs’ is not centrally identified in the data systems relevant to these questions. Therefore, it is not possible to provide the specific information requested.It is also not poss...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPakistan: ExtraditionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) restricting foreign aid, (b) restricting visas and (c) using other punitive international measures to encourage t
Answer: We recognise and appreciate the great contribution of Pakistani people to the diverse culture of the UK. The UK has transitioned from a traditional aid relationship with Pakistan to a mutually beneficial partnership which underpins UK national interests, ...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
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