Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Asylum: RadicalismHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been flagged for links to (a) extremist and (b) Islamist networks since 2018.
Answer: It is the longstanding policy of successive UK Governments that we do not comment on operational intelligence or security matters.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: RehabilitationMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department tracks the (a) religious and (b) ideological motivations of terrorist offenders as part of offender rehabilitation and risk assessment.
Answer: Information about individuals convicted or in custody for terrorism and terrorism-connected offences, by ideology, is published by the Home Office as part of the ‘Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000’ statistics series. The series can b...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIslam: TerrorismMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people with previous convictions for Islamist terrorism offences have been released.
Answer: Information about individuals convicted or in custody for terrorism and terrorism-connected offences, by ideology, is published by the Home Office as part of the ‘Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000’ statistics series. The series can b...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: RadicalismMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of terrorism-related prisoners in the UK are linked to Islamist ideology.
Answer: Information about individuals convicted or in custody for terrorism and terrorism-connected offences, by ideology, is published by the Home Office as part of the ‘Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000’ statistics series. The series can b...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted under terrorism legislation for offences linked to Islamist extremism in the past five years.
Answer: Information about individuals convicted or in custody for terrorism and terrorism-connected offences, by ideology, is published by the Home Office as part of the ‘Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000’ statistics series. The series can b...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorism: RadicalismHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she is providing to local authorities to help them counter radicalisation in areas identified as high risk for Islamist extremism.
Answer: All Local Authorities in England, Scotland and Wales receive dedicated support from the Home Office to deliver the Prevent duty effectively and in proportion to the risk and threat.Whilst Prevent seeks to tackle the threat from a range of ideologies, we e...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-TerrorismHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) help prevent radicalisation in (i) mosques, (ii) Islamic schools and (iii) community centres.
Answer: The Prevent duty was introduced through the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 and requires a range of public sector bodies working in local communities to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism as part of their day-to-day work.The Prevent pr...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: DisqualificationHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports have been cancelled due to UK citizens travelling abroad to join Islamist terrorist groups in the last five years.
Answer: It is the longstanding policy of successive UK governments that we do not comment on operational intelligence or security matters , including the specific details of individuals who have and their passports revoked.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals to Prevent related to Islamist ideology have been made in the last three years.
Answer: Information about Prevent referrals and Channel cases can be found on GOV.UK Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme statistics - GOV.UK.Official statistics on individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent programme...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are under surveillance by counter-terrorism police for suspected links to Islamist extremism.
Answer: As a matter of long-standing policy, we do not comment on the detail of security and intelligence matters. However, we continuously assess potential threats to the UK and, where necessary, deploy the full range of tools available to mitigate them.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalismHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many known Islamic extremists reside in the UK.
Answer: As a matter of long-standing policy, we do not comment on the detail of security and intelligence matters. However, we continuously assess potential threats to the UK and, where necessary, deploy the full range of tools available to mitigate them.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the environmental impact of sourcing food from British producers compared to overseas suppliers for public sector contracts.
Answer: In 2021, Defra assessed the scientific evidence on the environmental impacts of locally sourced food for public food procurement. This analysis considered the positive and negative environmental impacts of both imported and in country produced food, i.e. ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will require public bodies to publish annual data on the percentage of British food procured.
Answer: Public bodies are not required to report on the origin of the food they procure. However, the Government will be reviewing food provenance across the public sector. This will help inform our future approach on public sector food procurement, including any...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether planned updates to hospital food standards will include a requirement to prioritise British sourcing.
Answer: All National Health Service trusts are expected to follow NHS England’s guidance, National standards for healthcare food and drink, which is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/national-standards-for-healthcare-food-and-dr...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support is available for public sector caterers that would like to organise farm visits to help improve local food supply relationships.
Answer: We are currently considering the policy options available to deliver further on our ambitions for public sector catering, including the potential benefits of developing stronger ties between food producers, caterers, and end consumers.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Local GovernmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he takes steps to encourage local authorities to support local producers through food contracts for (a) care homes and (b) civic buildings.
Answer: We recognise the potential benefits of developing stronger ties between local authorities and food producers and support efforts from all parties in strengthening relationships across the supply chains, including into (a) care homes and (b) civic building...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the NHS on increasing procurement from British food producers in its supply chain.
Answer: All National Health Service trusts are expected to follow NHS England’s guidance, National standards for healthcare food and drink, which is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/national-standards-for-healthcare-food-and-dr...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Local GovernmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has considered providing fiscal incentives to local authorities that prioritise British food in their catering contracts.
Answer: The Government is open to considering all lawful means of achieving its ambition that half of all food purchased across the public sector should be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. We have already published a new national p...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: FoodMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of food served in prisons is sourced from British farms; and what plans she has to encourage more prisons to buy British produce.
Answer: As at May 2025, 56.1% of food products sourced via the prisoner food contract and served in prisons is of British origin, however we do not hold a figure for farms specifically.The sourcing of products is managed through commercial food contracts which ar...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCatering: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of food miles and (b) level of carbon emissions generated through catering provided by the public sector in the most recent period for whi
Answer: The Government is currently considering policy options, including how best to demonstrate the beneficial impacts of the new national procurement policy statement, which sets out expectations for Government contracts to favour products certified to high en...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of sourcing British food for hospitals on levels of (a) hospital food quality and (b) patient recovery.
Answer: All National Health Service trusts are expected to follow NHS England’s guidance, National standards for healthcare food and drink, which is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/national-standards-for-healthcare-food-and-dr...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FoodDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools to source (a) fresh and (b) seasonal food produced in the UK.
Answer: The department is acting quickly with experts across the sector to revise the school food standards, so every school is supported with the latest nutrition guidance. We are currently engaging with stakeholders on the school food standards to help us under...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: FoodMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of food served in military catering contracts was sourced from the UK, in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 March 2025 to Question 36360 to the hon. Member for South Holland and the Deepings (Sir John Hayes MP).
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: FoodCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65610More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Departments are required to report on the origin of food purchased through public procurement contracts.
Answer: Departments are not currently required to report on the origin of food served in their canteens. In January the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced that the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs would be und...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of food served in NHS hospitals was sourced from British farms in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps he is taking to encourage NHS hospitals to buy food s
Answer: All National Health Service trusts are expected to follow NHS England’s guidance, National standards for healthcare food and drink, which is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/national-standards-for-healthcare-food-and-dr...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
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