Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2025
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Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants in the total absconder pool (a) have been located, (b) have been removed from the UK and (c) remain at large as of the most recent date for which data is available.
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 recordHome Office: Parliamentary QuestionsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides guidance to officials on matters to draw to the attention of Ministers when drafting answers to Parliamentary Questions.
Answer: Guidance is provided to officials on how to answer Parliamentary Questions within the Home Office.The Cabinet Office's Guide to Parliamentary Work sets out the timelines and standards that departments should seek to meet. This can be found here:https://as...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she received internal representations on the adequacy of Ministerial replies to Parliamentary Questions on absconders prior to their publication.
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 95744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Answers to Parliamentary written questions on absconded foreign national offenders and irregular migrants.
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 recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she first became aware of the existence of the total absconder pool dataset.
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 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when total absconder pool figures were first compiled; and how frequently those figures have been updated since.
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 and Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) foreign national offenders and (b) irregular migrants are in the total absconder pool by risk category, criminal history and nationality.
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 recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2025 to Question 74872 on Deportation, whether this remains the case.
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 recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what evidential basis the Minister of State for Immigration said on 3 September 2025 that her Department does not hold any central record of the requested information on foreign nationals who have
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 recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration offenders were released on bail and not detained in each of the last ten years.
Answer: We do not routinely publish the information you have requested. We are unable to provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department reviews NHS England expenditure reports relating to the prescribing of puberty blockers for children; and whether (a) financial oversight and (b) risk assessments have been c
Answer: All arms-length bodies, including NHS England, are held to high standards of financial responsibility and publish annual reports and accounts which are laid before Parliament.Gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues, or puberty blockers, have been prescr...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: Gender DysphoriaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence NICE has identified as the basis for its clinical assessment of puberty blockers for gender dysphoria; and whether NICE has undertaken (a) scoping and (b) evaluation exercises since 2
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not developed guidance on, or made a clinical assessment of, puberty blockers for gender dysphoria. In 2020, NICE developed two evidence summaries:Gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues f...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England or NHSBSA have identified any gaps or inconsistencies in national prescribing or outcomes data relating to puberty blockers in under-18s.
Answer: In March 2024, NHS England published a suite of documentation relating to its decision to remove gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues as a routine treatment option in the National Health Service for children under 18 years old with gender dysphoria. ...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: Disclosure of InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department holds complete archived referral, assessment, prescribing, and safeguarding data from the former Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service; and whether the Department wil
Answer: NHS England, as the responsible commissioner of the service at the time, will hold some relevant data, of the type and nature that would routinely be reported through the commissioning process. This would not include patient identifiable information.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what instructions his Department issued to NHS regional gender hubs on prescribing restrictions.
Answer: In March 2024, NHS England published its clinical policy on puberty suppressing hormones for children and young people who have gender incongruence and/or gender dysphoria.This set out that puberty supressing hormones are not available as a routine commis...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS regional gender hubs have prescribed puberty blockers to patients under 18 since the publication of the Cass Review.
Answer: From 1 April 2024, NHS England adopted a new clinical commissioning policy that prevents the newly established Children and Young People's Gender Services from initiating prescriptions for gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues for the purpose of puber...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what aggregated safety data, including adverse-event summaries, the MHRA has recorded relating to the use of puberty blockers in under-18s since 2010; and whether the Department has been informed o
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is responsible for ensuring medicines, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion meet applicable standards of safety, quality, and efficacy. The MHRA rigorously assesses available ...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the total annual NHS expenditure on GnRH analogue puberty blockers for under-18s in each financial year since 2010.
Answer: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists or ‘puberty blockers’ are used to treat several medical conditions in children and young people. These can include precocious puberty, some forms of cancer, and endometriosis. They have also been used outside...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients aged under 18 have been prescribed GnRH analogue puberty blockers through the NHS in each year since 2010.
Answer: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists or ‘puberty blockers’ are used to treat several medical conditions in children and young people. These can include precocious puberty, some forms of cancer, and endometriosis. They have also been used outside...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Mental HealthMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
Answer: Information on sickness absence, including data by Department and sickness reason (such as Mental Ill-Health), is published in the Civil Service sickness absence reports available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence. The next re...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Mental HealthMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
Answer: On the 30 September 2025, 94 individuals were recorded on Ministry of Defence (MOD) HR systems with an ongoing sick absence of six months or longer for Mental Disorders as defined by the World Health Organisation International Classification of Diseases. ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Mental HealthHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
Answer: Civil Service sickness absence reports, which provide statistics for sickness absence by organisation and sickness reason, including Mental Ill-Health.https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Mental HealthTreasuryTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94437More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
Answer: We currently have fewer than 5 staff on leave for six months or more for mental health related sickness absence. We do not reveal the medical details for individual ill health.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Mental HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
Answer: The Civil Service publishes sickness absence statistics by organisation and by sickness reason, including mental ill-health. These figures are available in the publicly accessible Civil Service sickness absence reports on GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/govern...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Mental HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
Answer: Based on our reporting data up to the end of September 2025, we are withholding this data due to the small number of employees involved which could make individuals and the cause of their absence identifiable.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
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