Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Northern Ireland Office: AviationNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on ministers’ overseas travel and on senior civil servants’ business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. The latest publication can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nio-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: AviationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on minister’s overseas travel and on senior civil servant’s business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here: DLUHC: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, April to June 2024 - GOV.UK, DLUHC: senior officials’...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: AviationMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Information about use of international flights for official overseas Ministerial and senior officials travel is published as part of the Cabinet Office transparency returns and made available on the GOV.UK website.Data from 5 July 2024 will be published i...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: AviationHome OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on ministers’ overseas travel and on senior civil servants’ business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. The latest publications can be found here:Home Office: senior officials' business expenses, January 2024 to March 2024 - GOV.UKHome Offic...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: AviationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on ministers' overseas travel and on senior civil servants' business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here and here.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: AviationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The number of international air miles travelled by officials in the Department between 5 July and 29 November 2024 was 504,421. The number of flights taken by officials in the Department was 166. We have interpreted officials as all other Departmental sta...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: AviationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on minister’s overseas travel and on senior civil servant’s business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here: DWP ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings - GOV.UK and here: DWP senior officials’ business expense...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: AviationDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on minister’s overseas travel and on senior civil servant’s business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here:DfT: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings - GOV.UKDfT: senior officials’ business expenses and meet...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: AviationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2024WithdrawnUIN 16879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: AviationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on Ministers’ overseas travel and on senior civil servants’ business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-hospitality-gifts-meetings-overseas-travel
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: AviationDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on Ministers’ overseas travel and on senior civil servants’ business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-business-expenses-and-hospitality-for-senior-officials.
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: AviationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on ministers’ overseas travel and on senior civil servants’ business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here.
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: AviationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on minister’s overseas travel and on senior civil servant’s business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here:Ministers - DBT: ministerial gifts, hospitality, overseas travel and meetings - GOV.UK Senior Officials - DBT: sen...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: AviationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Data on minister’s overseas travel and on senior civil servant’s business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dsit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-meetings-april-to-june-2024
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOphthalmology: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many optician appointments for irregular migrants there were at what cost to the public purse in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department and NHS England do not hold the information requested. The National Health Service is a residency-based system, which means that people who do not live here on a lawful, settled basis must contribute to the cost of their care. However, some...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVaccination: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vaccines have been administered to irregular migrants in each of the last five years.
Answer: Primary care services, such as vaccinations, are available and free to all, including people who arrive in the United Kingdom through irregular routes. New arrivals are encouraged to receive a patient health check when they register in primary care, inclu...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many visits there were by NHS staff to (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation housing irregular migrants in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department and NHS England do not hold the information requested. The National Health Service is a residency-based system, which means that people who do not live here on a lawful, settled basis must contribute to the cost of their care. However, some...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ambulance visits there were to (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation housing irregular migrants in the most recent year for which information is available.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum and Undocumented Migrants: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) irregular migrants and (b) asylum seekers attended how many NHS therapy sessions in the most recent year for which information is available; and what the cost to the public purse was o
Answer: While NHS England does hold some data on this, the information is not considered robust enough to be published, given that only a small number of providers have recorded data in a format that allows asylum seekers and refugees to be separately identified....
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: InterpretersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of training to raise awareness of the role of interpreting within the NHS.
Answer: The provision of interpretation services is the responsibility of the service provider. There is no national programme for training to raise awareness of interpreting within the National Health Service.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many test results have been translated into languages other than English for each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold the requested information centrally. Integrated care boards are responsible for arranging National Health Service healthcare services to meet the needs of their respective populations, which includes translation services.The D...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing (a) family and (b) friends to provide (i) translation and (ii) interpretation during NHS appointments.
Answer: The General Medical Council’s guidance states that all possible efforts must be made to ensure effective communication with patients. This includes arrangements to meet patients’ communication needs in languages other than English.Where language is a prob...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: InterpretersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which interpreting agencies are contracted to provide services to the NHS; and what the cost to the public purse of those contracts is.
Answer: The Department does not hold the requested information centrally. Integrated care boards are responsible for arranging National Health Service healthcare services to meet the needs of their respective populations, which includes translation services.The D...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15631 on NHS: Translation services, which languages e-RS letters sent in 2024-25 were translated into.
Answer: Please see the list below which outlines the languages which e-Referral Service letters sent in 2024/25 were translated into:- Arabic; - Bengali; - Gujarati; - Kurdish; - Persian; - Polish; - Punjabi; - Somali; - Turkish; - Urdu; - Albanian; - Chinese; - ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of letters posted by the NHS were in each language in each of the last five years; and what the cost of translation was for those letters.
Answer: The Department does not hold the requested information centrally. Integrated care boards are responsible for arranging National Health Service healthcare services to meet the needs of their respective populations, which includes translation services.The D...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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