Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2024
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Undocumented Migrants: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15393 on Undocumented Migrants: Hotels, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a breakdown of the Asylum Accommodati
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 27 November to question UIN 15076.
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: EnergyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December to question 16316 on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Energy if he will publish data on each Department's energy use, broken down by en
Answer: Defra publishes data on Government departments' overall and direct emissions within the Greening Government Commitments framework.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordJobcentres and Universal Credit: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15704 on Jobcentres and Universal Credit: Telephone Services, what the costs were to her Department of translation and interpretation for each langu
Answer: Further to our previous answer to Question 15704, we are unable to provide a full response to this follow up question. Following consultation with the supplier we consider the release of the specific costing information requested would prejudice commercia...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Public OpinionHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December to Question 15294 on Undocumented Migrants: Public Opinion, if she will publish all polling results the Department holds on public opinion regarding irregular migr
Answer: A polling contract is currently in place with Savanta Group Limited. This two-year contract commenced in August 2023 and is available online on Contracts Finder. Spend on irregular migration polling cannot be provided. The department polls on a range of p...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Public OpinionHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December to Question 15294 on Undocumented Migrants: Public Opinion, if she will publish a breakdown of (a) companies contracted by the Department for polling on irregular
Answer: A polling contract is currently in place with Savanta Group Limited. This two-year contract commenced in August 2023 and is available online on Contracts Finder. Spend on irregular migration polling cannot be provided. The department polls on a range of p...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordManston Asylum Processing Centre: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of migrants processed at Manston Immigration Centre without biometric system support since February 2022.
Answer: All persons processed at Manston Reception Centre have their biometric data recorded as part of initial reception processes. This has been the case since Manston opened in April 2022. On occasion, there have been cases where the biometric data was capture...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what biometric system failures there were at UK borders in 2023.
Answer: We are creating a streamlined, digital immigration system which will be quicker and more secure for the millions of people who pass through the border each year, and will enhance the security of the UK.There are a number of biometric systems that are depl...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of her Department's staff have transferred from Work Coach roles to roles assisting irregular migrants with benefits claims.
Answer: Irregular migrants cannot access public funds benefits. To access public funds benefits, individuals are required to hold an immigration status which does not prevent them from accessing public funds, which irregular migrants will not hold. Since irregula...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: InterpretersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants have a note on their record saying that an interpreter is required when her Department contacts them.
Answer: Currently, we do not collect structured data on customers who need an interpreter within UC. However, we know of the 43,203,214 calls the department received last year that 865,299 needed an interpreter which is around 2%. The data shown is unpublished ma...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which external companies are contracted by the NHS to provide training for staff.
Answer: This information is not held centrally by the Department or NHS England. Each National Health Service organisation, including NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts, appoint their own suppliers for staff training purposes as required. There are several publ...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list all companies contracted by her Department to undertake work related to (a) irregular migration and (b) irregular migrants.
Answer: Information about contracts worth over £12,000 (including VAT) agreed by the Government and its agencies is available at: Contracts Finder - GOV.UK. Extracting the relevant information from this publicly available data source for the purposes of answering...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSerco: ContractsHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list all contracted services undertaken by Serco related to irregular migrants.
Answer: Information about contracts worth over £12,000 (including VAT) agreed by the Government and its agencies is available at: Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: TaxisHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the provision of taxis for irregular migrants in each year since 2018.
Answer: Transport services for asylum seekers are provided through our Asylum Accommodation & Support Contracts. We pay a fixed rate for transportation services which is set out in the contracts. Our suppliers must deliver transportation requirements in line ...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of deploying naval assets to the English Channel to help tackle small boats crossing.
Answer: The Home Office is the lead Government Department responsible for border security and migration. It has recently established the Border Security Command to strengthen global partnerships and enhance the UK’s efforts to investigate, arrest, and prosecute p...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordReligious Buildings: RadicalismHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) churches (b) synagogues (c) mosques and (d) other places of worship were investigated for suspected ties to extremism in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office does not conduct investigations into suspected ties to extremism for places of worship.It is for the police to conduct investigations if an alleged criminal offence is reported to them.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: SurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a breakdown of the conditions that need to be met for an person to be placed on the terror watchlist.
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 harmful to the national security of the UK.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: SurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how individuals on the terror watchlist are monitored.
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 harmful to the national security of the UK.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: SurveillanceHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of individuals on the terror watchlist are (a) UK citizens, (b) Dual national citizens, (c) UK citizens with at least one non-UK parent and (d) non-UK citizens.
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 harmful to the national security of the UK.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17367More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in how many years the ONS estimates on immigration to the UK been revised upwards in each of the last 20 years.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 2 December is attached.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: StatisticsHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will conduct a review of the accuracy of the methodology used to collect immigration statistics.
Answer: Home Office statistics comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics (“the Code”). This means these statistics meet the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value as set out in ‘the Code’. Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Sta...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchool MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that Bovaer is not used within the school supply chain.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency has advised milk from cows given Bovaer, an authorised feed additive that is used to reduce methane emissions, is safe to drink. Bovaer has undergone a rigorous safety assessment and is approved for use in Great Britain.The Schoo...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament record3-nitrooxypropanolDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the use of Bovaer.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency has advised milk from cows given Bovaer, an authorised feed additive used to reduce methane emissions, is safe to drink. Bovaer has undergone a rigorous safety assessment and is approved for use in Great Britain.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Disclosure of InformationHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum will meet the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth to discuss data release policies.
Answer: Home Office statistics comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics (“the Code”). This means these statistics meet the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value as set out in ‘the Code’. Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Sta...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: Disease ControlDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on trends in people’s quality-adjusted life years.
Answer: It is vital that we carefully consider all the impacts and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, both from the pandemic itself and the measures taken to address it. The intention of the lockdowns during COVID-19 was to save lives and protect the hea...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGTD HealthcareHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide a list of all contracted services from GTD Healthcare; and what the cost to the public purse of those services is.
Answer: Home Office does not hold any direct contracts with GTD Healthcare.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
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