Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Social Rented Housing: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the potential merits of barring non-UK nationals from (a) being the lead tenant for social housing (b) living in social housing.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 19776 on 20 December 2024.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: GazaHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people that entered the UK under the Gaza medical evacuation scheme have applied for asylum.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics. Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, th...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has been the cost to the public purse of the Gaza medical evacuation scheme for children.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 November 2025 to Question 81587.
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: MigrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information the Department holds on the number of Somali citizens living in social housing as a proportion of the Somali population living in the UK for which the latest dat
Answer: My Department does not hold data on the type of housing tenure in which Somali nationals living in the UK reside.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Translation ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the total cost of (a) translation and (b) interpretation for services related to social housing in each of the last ten financial years.
Answer: My Department does not hold data on the cost of translation and interpretation for services related to social housing.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Oral QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84443More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how questions were provided to the Prime Minister in advance of Prime Minister's questions since 5 July 2025, broken down by party.
Answer: In line with long-standing convention, MPs are responsible for what they say in the chamber.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October to Question 81590 on Medical Treatments: Gaza, what wraparound support is offered through the Gaza injured children scheme.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for delivering the wraparound services required to support the patients and their immediate family travelling with them from Gaza to settle in England.This includes providing support upon arrival, urgent health treatment,...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 81590 on Medical Treatments: Gaza, how many (a) children and (b) dependants have entered the UK under that scheme.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics. Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, th...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAbortion: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on abortion rates for (a) male and (b) female babies after 20 weeks by ethnicity.
Answer: In accordance with the Abortion Act 1967, registered medical practitioners must notify the Chief Medical Officer of abortions within 14 days. The Department collects information on abortions via the HSA4 abortion notification form. The form does not captu...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorismHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Prevent learning review, whether her Department plans to change to the definition Islamic terrorism to international terrorism.
Answer: The Independent Review of Prevent recommended that the Government should keep the current terminology to describe Islamist and Extreme Right-Wing ideology to ensure language was accurate and accessible.The Government has accepted this recommendation and w...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: VictimsHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a review into the equality of protections for white British victims of hate crimes.
Answer: The Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime wherever in the country it occurs, and whoever is responsible for committing it.Race is already a protected characteristic in hate crime legislation in England and Wales - for example, the Cri...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DiscriminationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84102More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has had discussions with the (a) Confederation of British Industry and (b) other trade associations on anti-white discrimination in workplace diversity schemes.
Answer: The Equality Act 2010 provides protections in the workplace and in society which generally make it unlawful to discriminate against someone because of, or in relation to, their protected characteristics. For example, if an employer were to discriminate ag...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided funding to universities for schemes that exclude white applicants.
Answer: The department has not directly awarded funding to any such schemes within higher education.
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Racial DiscriminationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84096More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government collects data on complaints of racial discrimination made by white British employees in the public sector.
Answer: We are committed to upholding Britain’s long-standing record of protecting the rights of individuals against unlawful discrimination, and ensuring the Equality Act 2010 protects everyone. The government does not hold this data centrally. The Courts and Tr...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: RecruitmentWomen and EqualitiesTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84095More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department provides guidance to public bodies on ensuring that positive action does not result in unlawful discrimination against white applicants.
Answer: Section 158 of the Equality Act 2010 permits the use of positive action measures to alleviate disadvantages experienced by people who share a protected characteristic, reduce their under-representation in relation to particular activities, and meet their ...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84094More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the number of farms that could be affected by proposed changes to inheritance tax.
Answer: The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, fixing the public finances, and funding public services. The reforms reduce t...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to define constructive dialogue with NGOs in relation to the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum.
Answer: When engaging with the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF) and Strategic Engagement Group (SEG), minutes are taken at these meetings. There are no criteria defining ‘constructive dialogue’ with NGOs.A list of non-governmental organisations who attend...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken any formal risk assessments which have concluded that the disclosure of meeting records with NGOs on asylum accommodation policy would endanger the safety of (a)
Answer: When engaging with the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF) and Strategic Engagement Group (SEG), minutes are taken at these meetings. There are no criteria defining ‘constructive dialogue’ with NGOs.A list of non-governmental organisations who attend...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Freedom of InformationHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many freedom of information requests have been refused by her Department under section (a) 36 (b) 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on grounds relating to (i) asylum policy and (ii) stakeh
Answer: When engaging with the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF) and Strategic Engagement Group (SEG), minutes are taken at these meetings. There are no criteria defining ‘constructive dialogue’ with NGOs.A list of non-governmental organisations who attend...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department keeps formal (a) minutes and (b) other records of meetings of the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum and Strategic Engagement Group.
Answer: When engaging with the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF) and Strategic Engagement Group (SEG), minutes are taken at these meetings. There are no criteria defining ‘constructive dialogue’ with NGOs.A list of non-governmental organisations who attend...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of non-governmental organisations who attended meetings of the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum and Strategic Employment Group since January 2023.
Answer: When engaging with the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF) and Strategic Engagement Group (SEG), minutes are taken at these meetings. There are no criteria defining ‘constructive dialogue’ with NGOs.A list of non-governmental organisations who attend...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees there are by nationality.
Answer: The information you have requested is published in the Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK. Data on asylum seekers who have been granted refugee permission at initial decision is published in table Asy_D02 of the asylum detailed datas...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the employment rate of refugees in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The Home Office recently published “Refugee Integration Outcomes (RIO) Insights: Embarks, Economic Activity, and Housing between 2015 and 2021” on GOV.UK. This article presents analysis—including employment rate—from linked Census 2021 and administrative ...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the initial grant rate of asylum applications by the (a) ethnicity (b) nationality of the decision makers.
Answer: The Home Office collates and publishes diversity data on staff, this can be accessed via Home Office workforce diversity statistics - GOV.UK.However, the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at dispr...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: NorfolkMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that the local elections in Norfolk take place on 7 May 2026.
Answer: The starting point is for all elections to go ahead, unless there is strong justification. We intend for the mayoral election for the new strategic authority to take place in May 2026, alongside the scheduled elections to Norwich City Council and the Coun...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
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