Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2025

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Written questions

Ministry of Defence: Translation ServicesMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: No, translation and interpretation for a range of languages other than English (‘non-UK’ languages) is, and will continue to be, required to provide a wide variety of services across multiple areas of Defence. Language service needs and spend are assessed...
Answered 20 May 2025
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Home Office: Translation ServicesHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery. The Government’s Immigration White Paper sets out plans for the new English Language requ...
Answered 20 May 2025
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Treasury: Translation ServicesTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51636More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
Answered 19 May 2025
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Translation ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
Answered 22 May 2025
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Department of Health and Social Care: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: General Medical Council guidance states that all possible efforts must be made to ensure effective communication with patients. This includes arrangements to meet patients’ communication needs in languages other than English.Where language is a problem in...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
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Department for Work and Pensions: Translation ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: DWP has a statutory duty to provide language services to its customers in line with the Equality Act. The aim of the service is to provide spoken and written translation services for staff and customers who are deaf, hard of hearing or do not speak Englis...
Answered 16 May 2025
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Department for Transport: Translation ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
Answered 20 May 2025
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Translation ServicesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Services which DSIT offers to the public are set out on GOV.UK. Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
Answered 20 May 2025
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Translation ServicesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
Answered 27 May 2025
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Translation ServicesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
Answered 20 May 2025
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Department for Education: Translation ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Translation ServicesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.
Answered 20 May 2025
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Department for Business and Trade: Translation ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery. DBT employ teams based in priority markets around the world and those teams often use loc...
Answered 20 May 2025
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Attorney General's Office: Translation ServicesAttorney GeneralTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51625More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.Regarding services provided by my department in particular, the Attorney General’s Office ...
Answered 20 May 2025
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Radicalism: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under active surveillance for potential extremist activity are foreign nationals; and what proportion of those people entered via asylum routes.
Answer: It is the longstanding policy of successive UK Governments that we do not comment on operational intelligence or security matters.
Answered 15 May 2025
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Terrorism: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals with (a) settled and (b) asylum status have been convicted of terrorism-related offences since 2010.
Answer: Obtaining the 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 for the purposes of answering this question at disproportiona...
Answered 15 May 2025
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English Language: SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England had a majority of pupils without English as a first language in (a) the most recent year for which figures are available and (b) 2005.
Answer: The department publishes school-level data on the number and percentage of pupils who have English as an additional language in state-funded schools. This information is available in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, based on th...
Answered 19 May 2025
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English Language: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost per pupil was of providing English as an Additional Language support in state schools in the most recent academic year.
Answer: Each year, schools receive core funding from the department to cover their expenditures, which includes teacher salaries, support staff, school resources, and other expenses. The funding schools receive is not ringfenced for any specific form of expenditu...
Answered 19 May 2025
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Infectious Diseases: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of communicable diseases were recorded in new arrivals to the UK in the last five years by visa status.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency does not collect or hold data on communicable disease by visa status for new arrivals to the United Kingdom.Advice on communicable disease screening and vaccinations for new arrivals to the UK is available in the Migrant Heal...
Answered 15 May 2025
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National Insurance and Taxation: Foreign NationalsTreasuryTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51196More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) income tax, (b) VAT and (c) National Insurance revenue was generated by non-UK nationals in the last 10 years; and what information her Department holds on the proportion of public spending on
Answer: HMRC previously published Income Tax, NICs, tax credits and Child Benefit statistics for non-UK nationals. This release was discontinued in 2023 following user consultation. HMRC currently publish UK payrolled employments by nationality, region, industry,...
Answered 19 May 2025
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Offences against Children: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of grooming gang convictions since 2005 have involved perpetrators born outside the UK.
Answer: The Government takes the issue of child sexual exploitation extremely seriously and is committed to ensuring that all perpetrators are brought to justice, regardless of their background.It is not possible to identify an offender’s place of birth, or wheth...
Answered 20 May 2025
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Offenders: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people deported for criminal offences in the last five years had previously been granted (a) asylum and (b) humanitarian protection.
Answer: The requested data is not centrally held, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.Home Office data systems for collecting and processing data on foreign national offenders in the immigrat...
Answered 19 May 2025
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Special Educational Needs: Foreign NationalsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of SEND support recipients were children of non-UK nationals in the latest year for which data is available.
Answer: The department does not hold information on the nationality of parents of children with special educational needs.
Answered 19 May 2025
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GP Practice Lists: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of new GP registrations were made by non-UK nationals in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold data regarding the number and proportion of National Health Service general practitioner registrations that were for non-United Kingdom nationals.
Answered 19 May 2025
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Public Transport: MigrantsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of population changes due to immigration on public transport (a) capacity and (b) congestion levels in urban centres.
Answer: The Department models future demand for transport based on the Common Analytical Scenarios (CAS), which are a wide range of plausible scenarios related to population, the economy, behavioural change and decarbonisation. DfT publish the National Road Traff...
Answered 19 May 2025
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