Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2025
1378 published records · newest first.
Written questions
GP practice lists: MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of GP registrations made by people not born in the UK in the last five years, broken down by region.
Answer: The Department does not hold data regarding the number and proportion of National Health Service general practice registrations that were for people not born in the United Kingdom.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who entered the UK on student visas since 2015 have not left the UK within six months of their visa expiry.
Answer: The latest data available on the ‘Source of asylum claims in 2024’ was published by the Home Office on 30th March 2025.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people granted (a) refugee and (b) asylum status entered full-time employment within five years of arrival in the last ten years.
Answer: The requested information is not currently available from published statistics, and could only be collated for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: Community DevelopmentHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce levels of self-segregation in (a) housing and (b) schooling in areas with high concentrations of recent immigrants.
Answer: The Immigration White Paper, published 12 May, set out proposals in a number of areas, including integration and English language requirements, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: English LanguageCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59060More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of adult migrants resident in the UK for over five years who are proficient in (a) spoken and (b) written English.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 11th June is attached.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Immigration ControlsHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to inform (a) law enforcement, (b) border agencies and (c) local authorities of name changes made by people with insecure immigration status.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave him to Question 58407.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBurglary: Self-defenceAttorney GeneralTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58414More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what guidance the Crown Prosecution Service provides to prosecutors when considering whether to charge people who have used force in self-defence within their own home.
Answer: Charging decisions in cases regarding householders and the use of force against intruders in England and Wales are made independently by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).Reasonable force may be used by homeowners to protect themselves or others if a cr...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBurglary: Self-defenceAttorney GeneralTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58413More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many homeowners have been prosecuted for using force against individuals unlawfully present in their homes in the last 10 years.
Answer: Charging decisions in cases regarding householders and the use of force against intruders in England and Wales are made independently by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).Reasonable force may be used by homeowners to protect themselves or others if a cr...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBurglary: Self-defenceAttorney GeneralTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58412More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who act in good faith to protect themselves or others from intruders are not prosecuted.
Answer: Charging decisions in cases regarding householders and the use of force against intruders in England and Wales are made independently by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).Reasonable force may be used by homeowners to protect themselves or others if a cr...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBurglary: Self-defenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to review the adequacy of legal protections available to homeowners who use force in self-defence against intruders.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice currently has no plans to review or reform the law regarding householders and the use of force against intruders in self-defence.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Personal NamesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) asylum seekers and (b) failed asylum claimants that have used multiple identities or aliases while in the UK.
Answer: All asylum claimants are subject to the Home Office’s mandatory security checks to establish and verify their identity, and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Personal NamesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers are required to provide supporting documentation when requesting a legal name change.
Answer: All asylum claimants are subject to the Home Office’s mandatory security checks to establish and verify their identity, and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Personal NamesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of name changes by asylum seekers on (a) national security, (b) immigration enforcement and (c) criminal justice proceedings.
Answer: All asylum claimants are subject to the Home Office’s mandatory security checks to establish and verify their identity, and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Personal NamesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have formally changed name since 2015; and how her Department monitors that data.
Answer: All asylum claimants are subject to the Home Office’s mandatory security checks to establish and verify their identity, and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Personal NamesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) record and (b) verify name changes made by asylum seekers (i) during and (ii) after the asylum application process.
Answer: All asylum claimants are subject to the Home Office’s mandatory security checks to establish and verify their identity, and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to simplify workplace health and safety requirements for small businesses while maintaining essential protections for workers.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) began a three-year project in 2024 to review its web guidance portfolio and improve accessibility, quality of content, ease of search and navigation, and declutter outdated materials. Improvements achieved after year-...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Environment Protection: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to review (a) agricultural and (b) environmental regulation for (i) food producers and (ii) small farmers.
Answer: Defra’s ambition is to reform the agricultural and environmental regulatory system so that it is fair, clear and effective for food producers, farmers and landowners. We are working closely with the sector to improve regulation so that it is proportionate...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with business organisations on the impact of regulatory compliance costs on (a) profitability and (b) competitiveness.
Answer: Last year the Government launched a Call for Evidence on the UK's regulatory landscape to hear directly from business how regulation could be improved. In March we launched our Action Plan for Regulation, committing to cut administrative costs of regulati...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a one-in, two-out approach to new business regulations; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of
Answer: On 17 March 2025 the government published an Action Plan setting out its approach to regulation and regulators, which made a firm commitment to cut the administrative costs of regulation for business by 25% by the end of the Parliament. This commitment wi...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of regulation on small and medium-sized enterprises since 2010.
Answer: Businesses have told us that regulation can be too complex, stifle progress and innovation and the accumulation of poorly designed regulation over decades is a burden to comply with. Our recently published Action Plan for Regulation will aim to reduce the...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: PoliceHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people without lawful immigration status who have come into contact with the police in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on producing an estimate of the number of people living in the UK without legal immigration status.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 30 January to Question 25047.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented WorkersTreasuryTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58113More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has made an estimate of the number of people working in the informal economy without legal immigration status; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of illegal working on t
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring the UK border is secure and is increasing enforcement of illegal working practices for those without the right to be here. Furthermore, the government is recruiting an additional 5,500 compliance staff over the next...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: HousingHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people without legal status living in (a) temporary and (b) informal accommodation; and what discussions she has had with local authorities on un
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 30 January to Question 25047.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on suspected illegal migrants attempting to access welfare services.
Answer: The department does not hold data on illegal migrants attempting to access welfare services. People who are in the UK illegally (that is to say people without a valid UK immigration status) are not permitted access to DWP public funds benefits.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →