Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2024
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Social Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled Social housing lettings in England, tenancies: April 2023 to March 2024, published on 5 December 2024, if she will breakdow
Answer: People are generally eligible for social housing if they have leave to remain in the UK and have recourse to public funds.Only individuals that are eligible can join housing registers and be given a social housing tenancy.The Home Office decides whether p...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: NationalityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statistics on Social housing lettings in England, April 2023 to March 2024, published on 5 December 2024, if she will make an estimate of the n
Answer: People are generally eligible for social housing if they have leave to remain in the UK and have recourse to public funds.Only individuals that are eligible can join housing registers and be given a social housing tenancy.The Home Office decides whether p...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statistics on Social housing lettings in England, April 2023 to March 2024, published on 5 December 2024, whether her Department is taking step
Answer: People are generally eligible for social housing if they have leave to remain in the UK and have recourse to public funds.Only individuals that are eligible can join housing registers and be given a social housing tenancy.The Home Office decides whether p...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy Scheme: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled Social housing lettings in England, tenancies: April 2023 to March 2024, published on 5 December 2024, if she will make an
Answer: Detailed information relating to sales of social housing, including Right to Buy, is collected on a voluntary basis by local authorities.The Department does not hold robust data on the nationality of those who have purchased social homes through Right to ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: SurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are on the terror watchlist broken down by ideological motivation.
Answer: It is longstanding policy not to discuss either the specific information held on any security-related watchlist, the source of the information or how it is used. To do so would be counterproductive and harmful to the national security of the UK.
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Health ServicesCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17987More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants receive private healthcare through work schemes by Department.
Answer: The Civil Service does not offer or subsidise private healthcare provision or insurance.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the benefits of a review of the cost effectiveness of the care home vaccine mandate during COVID.
Answer: There are no plans to carry out such an assessment.
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the cost effectiveness of the covid-19 vaccine booster programme, in the context of the findings on the impact of vaccination take-up in care homes on resident mort
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting those most vulnerable to COVID-19 through vaccination, as guided by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). The JCVI considers the cost effectiveness of immunisation strategies, alo...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations have not taken place due to mental health concerns in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not held in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would require a manual trawl of case records to retrieve.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTrials: Mental IllnessMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials have not taken place as a result of the defendant being deemed not fit for trial due to mental health conditions in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data regarding ineffective trials due to a defendant being ill or otherwise unfit to proceed. However, it is not possible to identify specific instances where this was due to mental health concerns because this data is no...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of children who are (a) irregular migrants and (b) were on school rolls on 4 December 2024 broken down by age.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.All children of compulsory school age living in England, including foreign national children, are required by law to receive a suitable full-time education. As such, the department does not collect, or hold,...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of irregular migrants arriving by small boat possessed (a) a passport and (b) another form of identification in each year since 2018.
Answer: The information requested is not held in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would require a manual trawl of case records to retrieve.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children under 18 absconded and did not return last year.
Answer: The information requested is not held in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would require a manual trawl of case records to retrieve.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on refugees visiting their country of origin whilst still resident in the UK.
Answer: Where an individual has been granted refugee status in the UK, they are not expected to leave the UK to visit their country of origin. Where an individual returns to their country of origin, this will usually indicate voluntary re-availment (of the protec...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16274 on Undocumented Migrants: Age Assurance, what the nature is of the further comprehensive age assessment.
Answer: Accurately assessing an individual's age is an incredibly complex and difficult task, and current methods and procedures for doing so are set out in detail in the Home Office's Assessing Age guidance, which is publicly available here: https://assets.publi...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16274 on Undocumented Migrants: Age Assurance, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using bone density testing for all undocu
Answer: Accurately assessing an individual's age is an incredibly complex and difficult task, and current methods and procedures for doing so are set out in detail in the Home Office's Assessing Age guidance, which is publicly available here: https://assets.publi...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordManston Asylum Processing Centre and Western Jet FoilHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the number of irregular migrants processed at Western Jet Foil did not match the number processed at Manston Immigration Centre since February 2022.
Answer: All people arriving at Western JetFoil are controlled and tracked through the immigration system, irrespective of the processing facility used.The majority of are processed further at Manston Immigration Centre but certain vulnerable cohorts, such as Unac...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordManston Asylum Processing Centre: Offensive WeaponsHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents involving improvised weapons have been recorded at Manston Immigration Centre since February 2022; and what weapons were used in those incidents.
Answer: The Home Office has maintained readily retrievable records in electronic format for incidents of this kind at Manston since 2023. These incidents are rare.One improvised weapon was detected in 2023 and one was detected in 2024. These weapons were found on...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordManston Asylum Processing Centre: Sexual OffencesHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female migrants have reported sexual assault in Manston Immigration Centre in each of the last ten years.
Answer: There have been no reported sexual assaults at Manston Reception Centre since it opened in April 2022.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Roll-on Roll-off ShipsHome OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department developed plans to use roll-on/roll-off ferries to bring irregular migrants to the UK from France in 2022.
Answer: We cannot comment on proposals developed under a previous Government. This Government has no interest in reviving any such plans.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFraud: Criminal InvestigationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her Department's policy not to initiate fraud investigations under £5,000 on public finances.
Answer: The department is committed to using public money in an effective and efficient manner to pursue criminality where it is suspected. The value of the expected overpayment is one factor in considering whether to undertake a criminal investigation, but any c...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordReligion: Festivals and Special OccasionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to provide a breakdown of all religious festivals celebrated by the Department in 2023.
Answer: The Faith & Belief Network (FBN) supports DWP colleagues and managers and the department by providing insight into issues relating to Faith, Belief and Non-Belief. In 2023, DWP celebrated or signposted to the following faith festivals and events, via ...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: HousingHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the procurement references are of current contracts related to the housing of irregular migrants.
Answer: Asylum seekers requiring accommodation under sections 4, 95 or 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 are accommodated under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC). The procurement references for these contracts can be found on Contracts...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what services related to irregular migration work is undertaken by (a) contracted companies and (b) staff of her Department.
Answer: The amount of work required to break down every element of activity related to irregular migration carried out by (a) Home Office officials, (b) other public bodies, and (c) external contractors could only be carried out for the purpose of answering this ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a consultation process with local residents before (a) a hotel and (b) other accommodation is used to house irregular migrants.
Answer: The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.The Home Office liaises with statutory partners, including local authorities ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
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