Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Ministry of Defence: EqualityMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has not hired any permanent civil servants using a positive action scheme in the last financial year.
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: EqualityHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: All Civil Service departments work within the Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit.
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: EqualityTreasuryTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21137More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: There have been no job opportunities restricted to certain groups through positive action schemes based around race, sex or other characteristics in the last financial year. HM Treasury works within the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, as regulated b...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: EqualityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: All Civil Service departments work within the Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit.Departments will only limit a campaign to a specific group as a form of posit...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: EqualityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: All Civil Service departments work within the Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit. Departments will only limit a campaign to a specific group as a form of posi...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: EqualityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: All Civil Service departments work within the Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit. ● Departments will only limit a campaign to a specific group as a form of po...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: EqualityDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: Seven officials have been hired by the Department at AO and EO grades via the Civil Service ‘Going Forward into Employment’ schemes in the last financial year.
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: EqualityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: All Civil Service departments work within the Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit.Departments will only limit a campaign to a specific group as a form of posit...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EqualityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: The core department complies with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit. The Government and Civil Service is committed to a diverse workforce a...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: EqualityDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: All Civil Service departments work within the Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit. Departments will only limit a campaign to a specific group as a form of posi...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: EqualityDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: All Civil Service departments work within the Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit.Departments will only limit a campaign to a specific group as a form of posit...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: EqualityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: All Civil Service departments work within the Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit.Departments will only limit a campaign to a specific group as a form of posit...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: EqualityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.
Answer: All Civil Service departments work within the Recruitment Principles, as regulated bythe Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on Departments will only limit a campaign to a specific group as a form of positive act...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Mobile PhonesMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners in HMP (a) Maidstone, (b) Huntercombe and (c) Morton Hall have access to mobile phones.
Answer: Prisoners are not permitted to have mobile telephones, and stringent measures are in place to prevent the entry of mobile telephones into establishments.
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordForward Trust: PrisonsMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Forward Trust received from contracts in HMP (a) Maidstone, (b) Huntercombe and (c) Morton Hall in the last financial year.
Answer: In the last financial year (FY 23/24) Forward Trust has received £7,401,140 from the Department for prison contracts. Forward Trust has received £0 for contracts relating to HMP Maidstone, HMPS Huntercombe and HMP Morton Hall in the last financial year.
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: 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
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