Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2025
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Wales Office: SubscriptionsWales OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: In the last financial year, the Office spent no money on LinkedIn membership fees and £3,332.48 on other subscriptions.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: SubscriptionsScotland OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The Scotland Office and its associated arm’s length bodies have spent £0 on LinkedIn membership fees and £797 on other subscriptions in the last financial year.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: SubscriptionsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The total expenditure by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) on (i) LinkedIn membership fees and (ii) other subscriptions for the financial year 2024/2025 was as follows: CategoryTotal Expenditure (£)(i) LinkedIn membership fees£0.00 (Nil Return)(ii) Other ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: SubscriptionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold a specific membership with LinkedIn. However, our spend on LinkedIn for the financial year 2024/2025 was £155,247.65.Please note this cost covers multiple recruitment services and advertising that span across all our ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: SubscriptionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The department does not hold information on LinkedIn membership fees and other subscriptions in the format requested, and this could only be collated at a disproportionate cost.
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: SubscriptionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: SubscriptionsHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The Home Office spent £98,800 on 13 LinkedIn Corporate Recruiter licences in 2024-25. There was further spend on other Recruitment services. The Home Office does not pay for LinkedIn membership services for individual members of staff.By “other subscripti...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: SubscriptionsTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96511More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: In financial year 2024/25, HM Treasury spent £16,103.50 on a LinkedIn contract as part of the department’s advertisements of external job vacancies. There was no other HM Treasury spend on other LinkedIn fees or subscriptions.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: SubscriptionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. All spending is subject to standard value for money assessments.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: SubscriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: There were no transactions (subscription costs or otherwise) identified with LinkedIn as a supplier in the 2024/25 financial year.The total subscription fees identified for the 2024/25 financial year was £832,046.14. This figure excludes membership of the...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: SubscriptionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: Due to the way this information is stored in our systems, it would be difficult and incur disproportionate costs to extract subscriptions to LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: SubscriptionsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The Department’s total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees for the last financial year was nil and (ii) other similar membership subscriptions was nil.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: SubscriptionsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: For FY24/25, DSIT spent £159,000 on LinkedIn subscriptions and £1,221,168 on other subscriptions. DSIT uses its LinkedIn subscription to support with recruitment efforts including role advertisement and usage of LinkedIn Insights which supports with strat...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: SubscriptionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: SubscriptionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: This information is not held centrally for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: SubscriptionsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: During the period of 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the department spent £0.00 on LinkedIn membership fees.During the same period, the department and its executive agencies spent £274,988.24 on services that fit the broad description of ‘subscription’.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: SubscriptionsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: DCMS has spent £52,670.85 on Linkedin membership fees and £92,099 on other subscriptions in the financial year 24/25. Costs are exclusive of VAT.These costs are used to maintain access to the widest possible applicant base for job roles in the department,...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: SubscriptionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: We are unable to provide details on the total spend on LinkedIn membership fees and other subscriptions by the Department for Business and Trade in the last financial year. The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur dispr...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: SubscriptionsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96499More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: In line with other large employers, The Cabinet Office utilises LinkedIn subscriptions for business purposes including recruitment across government and managing the wider Civil Service talent pipeline. It is not possible to provide a definitive figure fo...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: SubscriptionsAttorney GeneralTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96496More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, for the total spend on (a) LinkedIn membership fees and (b) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The department has no spend on LinkedIn membership fees, and has a total spend in 2024/25 of £4,322.00 on other subscriptions.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an independent review into her Department's handling, recording and disclosure of absconder data.
Answer: The Secretary of State for the Home Department has no plans to commission an independent review into the Department’s handling, recording, and disclosure of absconder data. The Department already undertakes:Regular internal audits and quality assurance ch...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders and Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants are assigned to locating absconded foreign national offenders and irregular migrants; and whether performance targets are in place for reducing the size of the absconder pool.
Answer: The cost of collating information on absconders will depend on a range of variable factors, including the level of detail required and where the information is held. Extracting information from multiple databases and datasets may also involve manual scrut...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of collating information on absconders.
Answer: The cost of collating information on absconders will depend on a range of variable factors, including the level of detail required and where the information is held. Extracting information from multiple databases and datasets may also involve manual scrut...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders and Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential public safety risk posed by foreign national offenders and irregular migrants recorded in the total absconder pool; and what risk categories ar
Answer: The information requested on the number of foreign national offenders (including the previous request under UIN 74872) and irregular migrants who are classified as absconders is not currently available from published statistics. Nor is the breakdown of th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the foreign national offenders included in the total absconder pool have (a) been re-apprehended, (b) been deported and (c) remain untraceable.
Answer: The information requested on the number of foreign national offenders (including the previous request under UIN 74872) and irregular migrants who are classified as absconders is not currently available from published statistics. Nor is the breakdown of th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
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