Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Undocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to use (a) section 24(1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 and (b) section 2 of the Asylum & Immigration Act 2004 to stop people entering the country via small boats.
Answer: The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 amended Section 24(1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971, to introduce tougher criminal offences for those attempting to enter the United Kingdom (UK) illegally or found to be facilitating illegal immigration.Since the Act...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will encourage local authorities with (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation housing irregular migrants to impose (i) Public Space Protection Orders and (ii) Community Protection Notices around
Answer: It is for each relevant agency to decide how best to effectively implement PSPOs and CPNs in their local areas depending on the specific circumstances they are dealing with. The Home Office has published statutory guidance to support local areas to make e...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Border Security and Asylum to the Urgent Question on Asylum Seekers: Hotel Accommodation of 20 November 2024, Official Report, column 277, i
Answer: For the safety and security of residents and staff at its accommodation sites, the Home Office does not publish detail of each site in use. However, data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, by local authority and accommodation type...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentist appointments were attended by irregular migrants in each year since 2018.
Answer: We do not hold data on how many dental appointments were attended by irregular migrants each year since 2018. Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for assessing the needs of their population and ensuring that the relevant dental services are avai...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP appointments were attended by irregular migrants in each year since 2018.
Answer: Primary care services delivered by general practitioners and nurses are free for all in England. Therefore, the migration status of individuals is not recorded, as it is not relevant to the care provided, or in relation to cost recovery.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordProtective Clothing: StorageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 13915 on Protective Clothing: Storage, which companies have contracts to store personal protective equipment unsuitable for National Health Se
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave the Hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon on 15 November 2024, to Question 12461.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on food for irregular migrants housed in hotels in each year since 2018.
Answer: The Home Office has a statutory obligation to support and accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. It does not collect or publish a breakdown of the resulting costs by type.The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Offic...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Visits AbroadCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15592More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Prime Minister has spent on foreign travel since taking office.
Answer: As is longstanding practice, information about official overseas ministerial travel will be published as part of the Cabinet Office transparency returns and made available on the GOV.UK website.
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost was for the covid-19 vaccine roll-out in each year since 2021.
Answer: The total cost for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, each year since 2021, is as follows:£2.1 billion in 2020/21;£5.6 billion in 2021/22;£2.8 billion in 2022/23; andthe audited accounts for 2023/24 have not yet been published, and so finalised figures will b...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total amount of fines collected for taking children out of school during term time was in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.
Answer: The department collects information from local authorities on penalty notices issued for unauthorised absence, including numbers of penalty notices issued, paid within 21 days, paid within 28 days, and other outcomes. This is published in the statistical ...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultations her Department is holding with public schools in relation to the removal of VAT exemptions.
Answer: The government carried out a technical consultation from 29 July to 15 September 2024 and published a response alongside a tax information and impact note on 30 October. The documents are published on GOV.UK and are available here: https://www.gov.uk/gove...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPeople Smuggling: English ChannelMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people smugglers have been sentenced in relation to irregular migration across the English Channel since 2018.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on offenders sentenced for irregular migration offences at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Cr...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of providing security services to hotels used for housing irregular migrants was in each year since 2018.
Answer: Security for asylum accommodation is part of the service requirements that are provided by the Home Office accommodation providers under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC). The HO does not publish a breakdown of costs by individual elem...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels have been used to house irregular migrants since 2018.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish data on the number of hotels in use. However, we can confirm that hotel use peaked at more than 400 under the previous government.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is an official process to inform local residents when a hotel is used to house irregular migrants.
Answer: For the safety, security and wellbeing of those indiviuals staying in Home Office accommodation and the staff who work there, we do not disclose information about specific hotels which may or may not be utilised by the Home Office to the general public.Ho...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) total cost to the public purse of courses available to inmates at (i) HMP Maidstone, (ii) HMP Huntercombe and (iii) HMP Morton Hall for the last financial ye
Answer: In 2023-24, 23 education courses were provided at HMP Maidstone, 26 at HMP Huntercombe and 48 at HMP Morton Hall.Data on the cost of providing these courses at HMP Huntercombe and HMP Morton Hall are in the process of validation. Information in relation t...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of payments of court fines were made by benefit payment deductions in each of the last ten years.
Answer: There is no central data available on the proportion of court fine payments made through benefit deduction payments. Gathering this information would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the total amount written off in court fine accounts for each of the last 10 years.
Answer: Financial penalties imposed by the courts will often consist of multiple elements including, amongst others, compensation, victim surcharge, prosecutor’s costs and a fine.The Government takes the recovery and enforcement of all financial impositions very ...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount of outstanding court fines are.
Answer: Financial penalties imposed by the courts will often consist of multiple elements including, amongst others, compensation, victim surcharge, prosecutor’s costs and a fine.The Government takes the recovery and enforcement of all financial impositions very ...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: InterpretersMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of court cases have required a translator for each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DeductionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the total amount deducted from benefit payments to pay for claimants' court imposed fines each year for the ten previous years.
Answer: Table 1 provides the total amount deducted from Universal Credit payments to repay a Court Fine debt for each financial year from April 2018 to August 2024. Table 1: the total amount deducted from Universal Credit payments for Court Fines, April 2018 to A...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPensioners: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners per constituency in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty.
Answer: Statistics on the number of pensioners living in relative and absolute poverty are not available at a constituency level. Statistics on the number of pensioners living in relative and absolute poverty at regional level are published annually in the Househ...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Public OpinionHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned public opinion polling on irregular migration in the last five years.
Answer: Contracts are in place for polling on a range of Home Office policy areas, including irregular migration.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 901404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle illegal migration.
Answer: Mr Speaker, this Government came to office with a pledge to crack down on the organised crime gangs responsible for the vile trade in people-smuggling across the Channel, working with our counterparts in Europe and beyond, and I am pleased to report that ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNational IncomeTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15140More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2024 to Question 13562 on National Income, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of immigration numbers on recent trends in the rate of (a) economy growth and (
Answer: The impact of migration on GDP and GDP per capita will depend, among other factors, on the age, education, skill level, and participation rate of migrants, as well as the investment response of businesses. The latest data indicates that net migration has ...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
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