Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2025
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Offences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the grooming gang inquiry will release historic exploitation data back to the 1960s on a rolling basis.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the grooming gang inquiry will publish demographic breakdowns of (a) perpetrators and (b) victims by (i) race, (ii) gender, (iii) nationality and (iv) immigration status.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Disclosure of InformationHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether whistleblowers who were (a) disciplined, (b) dismissed and (c) ignored for raising concerns on grooming gangs will receive (i) an official apology and (ii) compensation.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) independent whistleblowers, (b) frontline professionals, (c) survivor-led organisations and (d) journalists will be formally included in the grooming gang inquiry.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that (a) FOI returns, (b) court transcripts, (c) internal memos, (d) inter-agency communications and (e) other evidence submitted to the grooming gang inquiry is published.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the grooming gang inquiry will include the role of (a) ethnicity, (b) culture and (c) religion in (i) enabling and (ii) concealing group-based child sexual exploitation.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: Prison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign-born prisoners are currently serving sentences for knife crime offences.
Answer: Statistics of this nature do not currently form part of our published statistics. Our current approach to publication of nationality data is in line with that used during the previous Conservative Government. However, we are monitoring the data that we co...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time was to obtain a UK driving test in each region in the most recent 12 months for which data is available; and what percentage of applicants were foreign nationals.
Answer: The table below shows the average waiting time for a car practical driving test by driving test centre regions, for the financial year 2024/25. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) does not collect any data regarding the customer's nationality ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ChildcareDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people in receipt of childcare support are claiming Universal Credit.
Answer: The proportion of people in receipt of childcare support claiming Universal Credit is not available as not all childcare support is the responsibility of this department. The latest statistics for Universal Credit households in receipt of Universal Credit...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines were issued to parents for school absence in the last 12 months; and what the value was of those fines.
Answer: The most recent data held by the department covers the 2023/24 academic year and is available in the statistical release on parental responsibility measures, which can be accessed here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/p...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReparation by Offenders: Graffiti and LitterMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners undertake (a) litter collection and (b) graffiti removal.
Answer: Prisoners currently can access community service work through Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) during the custodial element within their sentence.The Prison Rules in England and Wales provide that a prisoner may be granted leave from prison for short p...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: Prison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will introduce a minimum 5-year mandatory sentence for adults convicted of carrying a knife.
Answer: Tackling knife crime is a priority and this Government is determined to do all it can to break the deadly cycle of violence that devastates the lives of individuals, families, and communities. It is important that those who commit violent crimes receive a...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Re-employmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to bring retired NHS staff back into service.
Answer: NHS England operates Return to Practice for Nurses, Midwives and Health and Care Professions Council professionals, which is for those wanting to return after their professional registration has lapsed. This includes retired National Health Service staff ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: ParkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS Trusts provide free parking to patients.
Answer: National Health Service trusts decide locally on whether they charge for parking on their sites. The published Estates Return Information Collection gives a breakdown of NHS trusts charging for hospital parking for patients and visitors combined.The lates...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOut-patients: AttendanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS appointments were missed in the last 12-months.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of missed appointments across the whole National Health Service. In the year from April 2024 to March 2025, the latest provisional data indicates that there were 8.1 million outpatient appointments not atten...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOut-patients: AttendanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the NHS was of missed appointments in 2024.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the overall cost to the National Health Service of missed appointments.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDelivery Services: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of foreign nationals entering the UK as delivery drivers under temporary work schemes.
Answer: Under the current Immigration Rules, the UK operates no Temporary Work schemes that enable the recruitment of delivery drivers from overseas.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Translation ServicesHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of immigration cases involve the use of interpretation services paid for by the state.
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.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReligion: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of religious institutions in the UK receive funding from foreign governments or entities, broken down by (a) religion and (b) source of funding.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across various Government departments and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorism: ClothingHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with counter-terrorism police on the potential impact of full-face coverings in public settings on national security.
Answer: The Home Office has regular and routine discussions with counter-terrorism policing on a wide range of national security issues.The Crime and Policing Bill contains a new criminal offence of wearing, or otherwise using, an item that conceals identity in a...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: ClothingDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of state-funded schools currently permit the wearing of the (a) niqab and (b) burqa by (i) students and (ii) staff; and whether her Department has issued any guidance on uniform pol
Answer: The department has published non-statutory guidance on developing a school uniform policy, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform/school-uniforms. The guidance sets out that it is for the governing body of a sch...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBalaclavas: Public PlacesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the outcomes of bans on wearing full face coverings in public spaces in (a) France
Answer: Britain has a proud tradition of freedom of speech and religious expression within the confines of the law. There are no current general policies or legislations that ban the wearing of religious and non-religious full-face coverings in public spaces. The...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBalaclavas: Public PlacesHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, ?what guidance her Department has provided to (a) police officers and (b) security personnel on interacting with people wearing face coverings that obscure identity in public places.
Answer: Section 60AA of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 provides a power for police officers to demand the removal of disguises in certain circumstances to prevent crime. In addition, if the officer believes that someone is wearing an item for the ...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBalaclavas: Domestic Abuse and Honour Based AbuseHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of full-face coverings on levels of (a) coercion, (b) domestic control and (c) honour-based abuse.
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls, including Coercive or Controlling Behaviour (CCB) and ‘Honour’-Based Abuse (HBA), is a top priority for this Government and our manifesto included a mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. ...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildbirth: MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of births in NHS hospitals to mothers not born in the UK in 2023, broken down by the (a) region of the hospital and (b) mother's country of birth
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of births in National Health Service hospitals to mothers not born in the United Kingdom.However, the Office for National Statistics publishes statistics on live births in England and Wales in 2023 by parent...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
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