Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Non-crime Hate Incidents: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many under-18's were investigated for non-crime hate incidents in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office does not at present centrally hold or collate this information.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice InterrogationHome OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspect interviews were conducted broken down by the language used in the interview in each police force in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold the information requested.The Home Office annually collects and publishes information on the number of people detained in custody. The latest available data is for the year ending March 2023 and can be found here: Other PACE ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Contracts for ServicesCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14545More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public contracts were awarded without competitive tendering by each Department in the last financial year; and for what reason each contract was awarded without competitive tendering.
Answer: Details of all Government contracts, including the procurement procedure used, are published on Contracts Finder, and Find a Tender above a certain threshold. Details can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCompaniesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies were (a) registered and (b) liquidated on each day in 2024.
Answer: Official statistics on company incorporation and liquidation are published quarterly. These are made publicly available online by Companies House. We have excerpted and reproduced the relevant figures for your convenience below: DateIncorporationsTotal Li...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Age and DeportationHome OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is available to immigration staff for dealing with irregular migrants found to have given false information about their age; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of
Answer: If there is a discrepancy between the information someone provides at any stage in the asylum process, and any related facts subsequently established, this will be taken into account alongside any other underlying factors when assessing their credibility ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of nights spent in hotels by irregular migrants is by constituency.
Answer: Available data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, by local authority and accommodation type, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent stats release: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(op...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Crimes of ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 11414 on Undocumented Migrants: Crimes of Violence, whether her Department collects data on incidents of assault by irregular migrants against Dep
Answer: Immigration Enforcement capture all recorded incidents of assault against staff, regardless of the immigration status.
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordStalking: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12201 on Stalking: Convictions, whether her Department collects data on foreign national offenders found guilty of stalking involving fear of violence.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants convicted for stalking offences involving fear of violence in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2023.However, this does not include an offenders’ nationality. This informa...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12200 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, how many (a) non-violent and (b) violent foreign national reoffences there were in each of the last five years.
Answer: It is not possible to identify which reoffences committed by foreign nationals are ‘violent’ and ‘non-violent’ from the Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer. This would require a manual search of court records and would therefore be...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTerrorismHome OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November to Question 12319 on Terrorism, if she will publish (a) a breakdown by ideological motivation of those late stage attacks that would not affect either on-going in
Answer: As the Director General of MI5 said in their annual threat report, MI5’s counter terrorist work remains roughly 75% Islamist extremist, 25% extreme right-wing terrorism.Further detail on disruptions is not disclosable without jeopardising ongoing investig...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: Translation ServicesTreasuryTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14531More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent by HMRC on (a) translation and (b) interpretation in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: HMRC don’t hold all of the data required to provide a full response to the question. However, data is available on spend information from April 2020 up to November 2024: 2020/2021 – a) £0.32m b) £0.50m2021/2022 – a) £0.29m b) £0.53m2022/2023 – a) £0.45m b...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people and (b) boats have been prevented from crossing the English Channel by the French authorities since the start of UK payments for this purpose.
Answer: The UK began funding French operations to counter crossings of the Channel by migrants in small boats in January 2019. Since that time, over 5,000 boats carrying more than 115,000 persons have been prevented from crossing.Weekly summary of small boat arri...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funds her Department has provided to the French government to help prevent irregular migrant crossings of the English Channel.
Answer: Our cooperation with France on irregular migration is underpinned by the Uk’s commitments under the 2023 Sandhurst Treaty, published on 10th March 2023 and available at the following link:UK-France Joint Leaders' Declaration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of full-time translation and interpretation staff working in the NHS; what externally-provided translation and interpretation services are availa
Answer: The Department is unable to provide a response about the number of full-time translation and interpretation staff working in the National Health Service, because the data is not held centrally. Information on the externally provided translation and interp...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of people affected by train delays in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on the number of people affected by train delays. Rail industry data measures train delays. The Office of Rail and Road publishes quarterly and periodic (four-weekly) statistics on punctuality, reliability and caus...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: EnforcementHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enforcement visits have taken place in each local authority in each of the last ten years; and what the total cost to the public purse was of these visits.
Answer: Information about the number of Enforcement Visits conducted by Immigration Enforcement in each local authority in each of the past ten years is not available in our published data. Our published national data on enforcement visits from 2019 – April 2024 ...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a breakdown of the preferred (a) written and (b) spoken language of people claiming Universal Credit.
Answer: We do not have a breakdown of the preferred language of people claiming Universal Credit because we do not ask customers this information at any stage of the application or process.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list all the languages excluding English and British Sign Language that are translated in the NHS.
Answer: The National Health Service is able to send out reminder letters to patients in 24 languages, which are available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/services/e-referral-service/language-options-for-e-rs-reminder-lettersThe NHS is also able to pr...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department has on the number of (a) GP and (b) outpatient appointments conducted in a language other than English and British Sign Language, broken down by total number of appo
Answer: The Department does not hold this information centrally.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: PupilsHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 17 year old irregular migrants there are in schools, broken down by local authority.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on irregular arrivals in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK release’. Data on irregular arrivals broken down by age group are published in table Irr_D01 of the 'Irregular migration detailed datasets'. The Home Office does no...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Young PeopleHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) 17 and (b) 18 year old irregular migrants there are in each local authority area.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on irregular arrivals in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK release’. Data on irregular arrivals broken down by age group are published in table Irr_D01 of the 'Irregular migration detailed datasets'. The Home Office does no...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: DismissalCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14369More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were dismissed for poor performance by Department in each of the last five years.
Answer: Information on how many civil servants were dismissed for poor performance is not available centrally.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNon-crime Hate IncidentsHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-crime hate incidents were reported on the grounds of (a) race, (b) religion, (c) sexual orientation, (d) disability and (e) transgender identity in each of the last 10 years by police for
Answer: The Home Office does not centrally hold information on the number of non-crime hate incidents recorded by individual police forces.This data is held by police forces.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrants: ChildbirthHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants have entered the UK and given birth within three months by visa type.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold this information.
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHospital Beds: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS beds were occupied by chargeable overseas visitors in the last financial year.
Answer: The Department does not hold or collect the information requested.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
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