Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Written questions
Cabinet Office: Employment AgenciesCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19129More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much each Department has spent on recruitment agencies in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information is not centrally held centrally. Each department is responsible for its own recruitment expenditure, which includes any agency spend.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Occupational HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff employed by her Department are responsible for staff welfare; and whether her Department has any contracts with external organisations for staff welfare services.
Answer: The DWP Wellbeing Team includes a resource of 8 employees who are responsible for ensuring we proactively support the health and wellbeing of colleagues across DWP, creating a safe and healthy culture for colleagues at work. DWP has a contract for Occupat...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMigration: InternetHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a migration data dashboard showing information on (a) immigration and (b) irregular migration.
Answer: I refer the Honourable member to the answer I gave on 27 November to question UIN 15076.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19126More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will consult hon. Members with business experience on a cross-party basis in the spending review.
Answer: Phase 2 of the Spending Review will maximise the use of independent scrutiny and external experience. External experts will support departments to review and scrutinise budgets, bringing ideas, expertise and innovation of the private sector into the heart...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: TrainingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a list of companies contracted by her Department to undertake training for staff.
Answer: The Department’s main route for Learning is via the Cabinet Office led Learning Frameworks contracts whose main suppliers are KPMG and Ernst and Young. Any other learning is by exception and this information is not readily available and to provide it woul...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSyria: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the £11 million in aid for Syria reaches its intended recipients.
Answer: The UK continues to support those in need across Syria where it is safe to do so. Through NGOs and UN organisations, we are providing food, healthcare and other life-saving assistance.The additional £11 million of humanitarian aid for the people of Syria ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSyria: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will provide a breakdown of planned spending for the additional £11 million in humanitarian aid for Syria.
Answer: The UK continues to support those in need across Syria where it is safe to do so. Through NGOs and UN organisations, we are providing food, healthcare and other life-saving assistance.The additional £11 million of humanitarian aid for the people of Syria ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Workers: Delivery ServicesHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a review of the employment of illegal immigrants in the food delivery industry.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave on 4 December to Question UIN 16906.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will provide a breakdown of the offences inmates are serving time for in (a) HMP Maidstone, (b) HMP Huntercombe and (c) HMP Morton Hall.
Answer: To provide data on prisoners remaining in custody beyond their sentence date would require a search of individual records, which could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.Information on interpretation and translation costs covering the tim...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: DrugsMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the total number of drug related incidents in (a) HMP Maidstone, (b) HMP Huntercombe and (c) HMP Morton Hall in each of the last five years.
Answer: To provide data on prisoners remaining in custody beyond their sentence date would require a search of individual records, which could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.Information on interpretation and translation costs covering the tim...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Translation ServicesMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation in HMP (i) Maidstone, (ii) Huntercombe and (iii) Morton Hall in each of the last ten years.
Answer: To provide data on prisoners remaining in custody beyond their sentence date would require a search of individual records, which could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.Information on interpretation and translation costs covering the tim...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners remained in prison beyond the end of their sentence in HMP (a) Maidstone, (b) Huntercombe and(c) Morton Hall in each of the last ten years.
Answer: To provide data on prisoners remaining in custody beyond their sentence date would require a search of individual records, which could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.Information on interpretation and translation costs covering the tim...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on staff there were by prisoners in HMP (a) Maidstone, (b) Huntercombe and (c) Morton Hall in each of the last five years; and what the national average was for those assaults.
Answer: Please see the below table showing the number and rate of assaults on staff in HMP (a) Maidstone, (b) Huntercombe and (c) Morton Hall in each of the last five years, together with the rate of assaults on staff across the estate as a whole.Number and rate ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationals Abroad: PrisonersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of UK citizens that are imprisoned abroad.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provides consular assistance to c.4100 British nationals who are arrested or detained each year, and is currently providing ongoing assistance to c.1,400 British nationals detained overseas. It is no...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Deportation and RepatriationMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) foreign national offenders have been deported and (b) UK citizens have been returned following imprisonment abroad for each country with which the UK has a prisoner transfer agreement in each of the
Answer: Data on returns of foreign national offenders are regularly published in the Home Office’s quarterly release “Immigration Systems Statistics”.Statistics on UK citizens who were returned to England and Wales following imprisonment abroad are provided in th...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: NationalityMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December to Question 16095 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nations, what was the (a) total number of reoffences and (b) nationality of the five reoffenders with the highest number of reoffence
Answer: Regarding (a), the total number of reoffences for all adult foreign national offenders who received a court or custody order, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 November to Question 12200.We have provided data for (b), the nationalities of...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to pause asylum applications made by people from Syria, in the context of the fall of the Assad regime.
Answer: The Home Office acted swiftly to pause decisions on Syrian asylum claims whilst we assess the current situation.We keep all country guidance relating to asylum claims under constant review so we can respond to emerging issues.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: WomenHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of an independent review into the impact of crimes committed by illegal migrants on women and girls.
Answer: This Government has made the unprecedented commitment to halve violence against women and girls over the next decade, underpinned by a new VAWG strategy to be published next year.As part of our approach, we will use every tool available to target perpetra...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ethnic GroupsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy that (a) internships and (b) jobs in (i) his Department and (ii) all non-ministerial bodies are open to applicants of all ethnic backgrounds.
Answer: The FCDO is committed to being a truly inclusive employer, with a workforce that reflects the diversity of the diverse population we serve. We encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and indeed all backgrounds for all our schemes and ...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Recruitment and Unpaid WorkHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that (a) internships and (b) jobs in (i) her Department and (ii) all non-ministerial bodies are open to applicants of all ethnic backgrounds.
Answer: Home 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-Ministe...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTeaching Methods: ComplaintsDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints have been received by Ofsted from parents on teaching practices in schools in each of the last five years broken down by reason.
Answer: This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many under 18 year olds have undergone gender reassignment surgery in each of the last ten years.
Answer: No individual under 18 years of age has received surgical intervention for gender dysphoria through commissioning arrangements put in place by the National Health Service in England.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRelationships and Sex Education: GenderDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to prevent the teaching of gender ideology in schools.
Answer: Compulsory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) should help pupils to understand that society consists of a diverse range of people. By the end of their secondary education, pupils are taught about equality and the law relating to protected char...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have had their employment terminated, broken down by reason, for each year in the last five years.
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, accessible here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.The attached table provides det...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Foreign National Offenders eligible for deportation have been denied deportation as a result of holding refugee status in each of the last ten 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.We are committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for ...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
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