Rupert Lowe MP: written questions

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Written questions

Department for Education: Translation ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department an
Answer: The total cost incurred by the department in providing translation services, other than British Sign Language and languages native to the UK, is £180.Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for tax...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Translation ServicesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) thei
Answer: DCMS does not hold information to the level of detail requested within its finance system or procurement system.Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standard...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
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Department for Business and Trade: Translation ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Depa
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not record the costs for translation and interpretation at this level of detail. We can confirm the Department for Business and Trade spent £58,149.01 on translation services from 1 January 2025 – 27 June 2025. A...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
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Government Departments: Public ExpenditureCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60758More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what task forces are funded by each Department.
Answer: This information is not held centrally. Individual departments are responsible for any task forces they establish.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
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Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) current and (b) former (i) civil servants and (ii) politicians will be required to give evidence to the grooming gangs inquiry; what steps her Department is taking to ensure accountability
Answer: The National Inquiry will utilise existing legislation in the Inquiries Act 2005 to appoint an independent chair who will determine the conduct and procedure of the inquiry. We will announce further details on the inquiry, including the appointment of an ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
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Offences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will appoint a chair with no (a) political affiliation and (b) prior conflict to lead the grooming gang inquiry.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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Offences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commit to implementing all recommendations from the grooming gang inquiry within 12 months.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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Offences against Children: CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of grooming gangs have applied for compensation; and how many have been rejected.
Answer: The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) deeply sympathises with all victims of sexual crimes and recognises the trauma suffered by victims of these abhorrent offences.CICA cannot provide figures about compensation to victims of grooming gangs....
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the adequacy of data collection by (a) police, (b) councils and (c) government in identifying systemic abuse.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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Offences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the grooming gang inquiry will link (a) police and (b) council data nationally to create map of (a) grooming gang activity and (b) institutional failure.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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Offences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the grooming gang inquiry will examine (a) internal police complaints, (b) whistleblower evidence and (c) deleted material on grooming gang investigations.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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Offences against Children: Disclosure of InformationHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department can compel local authorities to release safeguarding files on group-based child sexual exploitation.
Answer: We will announce further details on the inquiry in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 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
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Offences 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
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Offences 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
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Offences 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
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Offences 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
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Offences 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
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Knives: 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
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Driving 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
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Universal 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
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Pupils: 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
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Reparation 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
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Knives: 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
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NHS: 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
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