Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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DeportationHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charter flights for deportations were scheduled in the last 12 months; and how many took place.
Answer: In the year 5 September 2024 to 4 September 2025 inclusive, 69 returns charter flights were arranged, 64 were operated and five did not take place.
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of foreign nationals who have abscond after being served with a deportation order.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Home Office does not hold any central record of the requested information.
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of staff in her Department are dedicated to enforcing deportation orders.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold centrally collated data on the precise number or proportion of staff exclusively dedicated to enforcing deportation orders. Enforcement activity focussed on deportation orders is carried out across the Home Office with respon...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the backlog in deportation cases.
Answer: As committed to in the Immigration White Paper (12 May 2025), the Government will shortly publish a formal Asylum Policy Statement setting out radical reforms to modernise the asylum system and strengthen border security. These proposals will include a ne...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of foreign nationals living in the UK unlawfully who are liable for deportation.
Answer: By its very nature, it is not possible to know the exact size of the illegal population, or the number of people who arrive illegally, and so we do not seek to make any official estimates of the illegal population. In June 2019, the Office for National St...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: European Convention on Human RightsHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations have been delayed as a result of injunctions granted by domestic courts citing the European Convention on Human Rights in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested, regarding the number of delayed deportations of foreign national offenders (FNOs) as a result of challenges under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and injunctions granted by domestic courts citing the Europea...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: European Convention on Human RightsHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations have been delayed as a result of challenges under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in the last 12 months.
Answer: The information requested, regarding the number of delayed deportations of foreign national offenders (FNOs) as a result of challenges under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and injunctions granted by domestic courts citing the Europea...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: Human RightsHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to legislate to disapply the Human Rights Act 1998 in deportation cases.
Answer: We set out in our Immigration White Paper our intention to bring forward legislation to allow us to more easily remove foreign national offenders.Later this year we will set out more detailed reforms and stronger measures to ensure our laws are upheld, in...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: European Court of Human RightsHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations have been prevented by interim measures of the European Court of Human Rights in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Information requested regarding how many deportations have been prevented by interim measures of the European Court of Human Rights in each of the last five years is not held centrally and to obtain it would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing league tables of deportation compliance by countries.
Answer: We continue to use an array of tools, including through diplomatic engagement, to maintain and improve international returns co-operation.
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department’s policy is on restricting multiple appeals against deportation.
Answer: In most deportation cases, there is no right of appeal unless the person concerned makes a human rights or protection claim, in which case there is a right of appeal against a decision to refuse the claim.As part of efforts to fix the broken asylum system...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: Legal AidMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of legal aid support in deportation cases in the last 12 months.
Answer: Expenditure relating to deportation and removal appeals is published as part of the Legal Aid Agency’s Official Statistics as part of its ‘detailed civil data’ collection. Due to the way information is recorded it is not possible to distinguish between co...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has sought to negotiate returns agreements with (a) Pakistan, (b) Albania, (c) Nigeria and (d) Somalia in the last five years.
Answer: The UK has returns agreements with these four countries that facilitate the return of individuals with no legal basis to remain in the UK. We continue to work with each of these countries on returns and to manage irregular migration.This Government is com...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of deportations that have failed due to a lack of cooperation from foreign governments.
Answer: The UK has returns agreements with these four countries that facilitate the return of individuals with no legal basis to remain in the UK. We continue to work with each of these countries on returns and to manage irregular migration.This Government is com...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: SanctionsHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applies sanctions to countries that refuse to accept deported nationals.
Answer: Where cooperation with countries on returns falls below the levels expected, and where appropriate, we will use all levers available to us.Sections 70-74 the new Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (NABA) gives HMG the ability to impose visa penalties where ...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordStamp Duties: UnderpaymentsTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74779More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received (a) warnings and (b) punishment for underpaying stamp duty in the last financial year.
Answer: HMRC charges penalties in line with its legislation and guidance, according to what behaviour led to an inaccuracy. In 24/25, HMRC issued 116 SDLT inaccuracy penalties.
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: ClosuresCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74479More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pubs have closed each year since 2015.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 2nd September is attached.
Answered 7 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLeicester Centre for Hate StudiesDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided funding to the Centre for Hate Studies at the University of Leicester.
Answer: The department has not provided funding to the Centre for Hate Studies at the University of Leicester.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has has made of the potential impact of the the suspension of refugee family reunion route on number of visa applications.
Answer: The suspension of the refugee family reunion route is temporary while the Government undertakes a full review and reform of the current family rules to ensure we have a fair and properly balanced system. In the meantime, those with protection status can u...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: Arrests and ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted for social media posts in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on arrests or charging decisions. This is a matter for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service.The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences in England and Wales withi...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: English LanguageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing English language requirements for non-UK staff within the NHS.
Answer: Where legally required, healthcare professionals must be registered with the appropriate United Kingdom healthcare regulator to be able to practise. Professionals who qualified outside the UK must demonstrate they have the necessary knowledge of English a...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: AsylumMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on legal aid for asylum cases in each year since 2019.
Answer: Legal aid is available to fund legal advice and representation provided to individuals seeking asylum in England and Wales, subject to an assessment of merits and financial eligibility.The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) publishes information regarding the cost of...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: PalestiniansHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) evacuation and (b) relocation of Palestinian students from Gaza to the UK in 2025.
Answer: There is no published data for the costs of the evacuation and relocation of Palestinian students from Gaza to the UK in 2025.
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Chevening Scholarships ProgrammeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the projected cost to the public purse is of Chevening scholarships awarded to students from Gaza for 2025-26.
Answer: All costs will be covered under the normal Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Chevening Scholarship Programme.
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Benefit: British Nationals AbroadTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74355More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child benefit claims were cancelled because the claimant was found to be living abroad in each year since 2020.
Answer: From administrative data, the number of Child Benefit awards terminated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) through compliance activity per year, due to customers no longer meeting the Child Benefit residency criteria is provided below: ·- 2020-21 = 113 awar...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
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