Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Written questions
Attorney General's Office: Translation ServicesAttorney GeneralTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51625More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery.Regarding services provided by my department in particular, the Attorney General’s Office ...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalism: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under active surveillance for potential extremist activity are foreign nationals; and what proportion of those people entered via asylum routes.
Answer: It is the longstanding policy of successive UK Governments that we do not comment on operational intelligence or security matters.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals with (a) settled and (b) asylum status have been convicted of terrorism-related offences since 2010.
Answer: Obtaining the information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportiona...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England had a majority of pupils without English as a first language in (a) the most recent year for which figures are available and (b) 2005.
Answer: The department publishes school-level data on the number and percentage of pupils who have English as an additional language in state-funded schools. This information is available in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, based on th...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost per pupil was of providing English as an Additional Language support in state schools in the most recent academic year.
Answer: Each year, schools receive core funding from the department to cover their expenditures, which includes teacher salaries, support staff, school resources, and other expenses. The funding schools receive is not ringfenced for any specific form of expenditu...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordInfectious Diseases: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of communicable diseases were recorded in new arrivals to the UK in the last five years by visa status.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency does not collect or hold data on communicable disease by visa status for new arrivals to the United Kingdom.Advice on communicable disease screening and vaccinations for new arrivals to the UK is available in the Migrant Heal...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance and Taxation: Foreign NationalsTreasuryTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51196More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) income tax, (b) VAT and (c) National Insurance revenue was generated by non-UK nationals in the last 10 years; and what information her Department holds on the proportion of public spending on
Answer: HMRC previously published Income Tax, NICs, tax credits and Child Benefit statistics for non-UK nationals. This release was discontinued in 2023 following user consultation. HMRC currently publish UK payrolled employments by nationality, region, industry,...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of grooming gang convictions since 2005 have involved perpetrators born outside the UK.
Answer: The Government takes the issue of child sexual exploitation extremely seriously and is committed to ensuring that all perpetrators are brought to justice, regardless of their background.It is not possible to identify an offender’s place of birth, or wheth...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people deported for criminal offences in the last five years had previously been granted (a) asylum and (b) humanitarian protection.
Answer: The requested data is not centrally held, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.Home Office data systems for collecting and processing data on foreign national offenders in the immigrat...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Foreign NationalsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of SEND support recipients were children of non-UK nationals in the latest year for which data is available.
Answer: The department does not hold information on the nationality of parents of children with special educational needs.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Practice Lists: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of new GP registrations were made by non-UK nationals in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold data regarding the number and proportion of National Health Service general practitioner registrations that were for non-United Kingdom nationals.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: MigrantsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of population changes due to immigration on public transport (a) capacity and (b) congestion levels in urban centres.
Answer: The Department models future demand for transport based on the Common Analytical Scenarios (CAS), which are a wide range of plausible scenarios related to population, the economy, behavioural change and decarbonisation. DfT publish the National Road Traff...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ImmigrationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of new housing demand that is attributable to net migration since 2010.
Answer: The government does not routinely publish assessments of the factors that influence housing demand. Boosting the supply of homes of all tenures must be at the heart of any strategy to meet housing demand which is why the government’s Plan for Change inclu...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Performance Related PayCabinet OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51189More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants across all departments were awarded performance bonuses in the financial year 2024-2025.
Answer: Departments are responsible for administering any in year and end of year performance bonuses to their staff. The majority of departments are in the process of finalising performance markings for the 2024/25 performance year, which will determine who will...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Disciplinary ProceedingsCabinet OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51188More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last three years.
Answer: Individual departments are responsible for their own discipline policies and guidance in place, which include details of formal processes and procedures. These will be aligned to the Civil Service Code and the Civil Service Management Code which set out t...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Performance AppraisalCabinet OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51021More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil servants have received formal performance ratings of underperforming or equivalent in each department in each of the last five years.
Answer: Departments have delegated responsibility for monitoring and reporting on civil servants performance ratings via their internal governance arrangements. Information on how many civil servants in departments have received formal performance ratings of unde...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBlasphemyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will ensure that blasphemy laws are not reintroduced.
Answer: The government has been clear that there is no blasphemy law in England, and we will not introduce one. Everyone has a fundamental right to freedom of speech. All language adopted by government must be accurate and acknowledge British citizens’ unchanging...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: ReligionHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has recorded any instances of police investigating people for speech deemed offensive to religious groups in the last five years.
Answer: On the matter of guidance to the police, I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 16 May to Question 5882-84.On the matter of police investigation, the Home Office collects information on crimes and their outcomes recorded by the police but does not...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProtest: Hate CrimeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has provided guidance to (a) local authorities and (b) community cohesion officers on the application of religious offences to (i) lawful speech, (ii) art,
Answer: We have regular engagement with local authorities on a range of issues including social cohesion and people are expected to express their views concerning religion and beliefs respectfully including exercising the appropriate restraints within the confine...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: Freedom of ExpressionDepartment for EducationTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to protect academic and student freedom of speech in schools and universities.
Answer: This government is absolutely committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom in schools, universities and beyond. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, confirmed to Parliament on 15 January the government’s plans for future of t...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to the police on ensuring that peaceful expressions of (a) opinions that may cause religious offence and (b) other opinions are not treated as hate crimes.
Answer: On the matter of guidance to the police, I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 16 May to Question 5882-84.On the matter of police investigation, the Home Office collects information on crimes and their outcomes recorded by the police but does not...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 49171 on Coastal Erosion: Hemsby, if he will meet the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth to discuss the shoreline management for Hemsby.
Answer: I met the hon. Member on 12 September to discuss coastal erosion in his constituency. I will ensure that the hon. Member has a meeting with relevant officials.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance Contributions: IndiaTreasuryTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50310More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to UK-India trade deal, if she will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of the exemption for Indian people working in the UK from National Insurance contributions for three year
Answer: The OBR will certify the impact of the trade deal including the Double Contributions Convention in the usual way at a fiscal event, once the deal is finalised and ratified. The agreement to negotiate a Double Contributions Convention was made in the conte...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Systems: IslamMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ban Sharia courts.
Answer: The Government has no plans to regulate or restrict religious processes (such as sharia courts) where all parties consent to those processes. This is consistent with Britain’s long history of freedom of worship and religious tolerance.Sharia Courts are no...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: VictimsCabinet OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50308More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will meet victims of rape gangs at Number 10 Downing Street.
Answer: Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk as part of the government’s transparency agenda. For actions this Government is taking to help victims, I refer the Hon. Member to the oral statement made by Parliamentary...
Answered 20 May 2025
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