Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Police: Social MediaHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many personnel were assigned to monitoring social media by the police in of the last ten years.
Answer: Police forces do not routinely monitor social media but will investigate allegations of suspected criminal activity committed on social media platforms that are brought to their attention.The Home Office does not hold information on how much police forces...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: Social MediaHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each police force spent on monitoring social media in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Police forces do not routinely monitor social media but will investigate allegations of suspected criminal activity committed on social media platforms that are brought to their attention.The Home Office does not hold information on how much police forces...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Drinking WaterCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14361More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on bottled water by each Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordInternet: Freedom of ExpressionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen protections for freedom of speech online.
Answer: Safeguards for freedom of expression have already been built in throughout the framework of the Online Safety Act. All services in scope must have ‘particular regard’ to the impact on users’ rights to freedom of expression and privacy when implementing sa...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNon-crime Hate IncidentsHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police visits by each police force for non-crime hate incidents there were in each of the last ten years.
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 recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November to Question 12585 on Undocumented Migrants, if she will make an estimate of the number of asylum seekers for which her Department doesn't have an address listed.
Answer: There is no data published regarding asylum claimants without an address. The Home Office publishes statistics on the number of people in asylum accommodation in table Asy_D09 of the quarterly Immigration System Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/s...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: InternetAttorney GeneralTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14344More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the Crown Prosecution Guidance on the definition of online hate speech in the context of protecting freedom of speech.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling all forms of hate crime, and ensuring that police and prosecutors can spend their time dealing with the issues that matter most to our communities.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has existing guidance on communi...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: Money LaunderingTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14203More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on the potential merits of launching a money laundering investigation into high street barber shops.
Answer: Money laundering through cash-based high street businesses is a known issue that government continues to focus on. While businesses such as barber shops are not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), they interact with regulated businesses, s...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPassportsHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the number of passports issued in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) place of and (b) nationality at birth.
Answer: His Majesty’s Passport Office does not hold data in a reportable format relating to an individual’s place or country of birth, and this information could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFarmers: DemonstrationsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department plan to attend the NFU farming rally on 19 November 2024.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs spoke to farmers who attended the NFU farming rally on 19 November and has had frequent engagement with the farming sector, including with NFU President Tom Bradshaw the evening before the ral...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: ApplicationsDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide a breakdown by place of birth of all new driving licence applications in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost as a scan of the DVLA’s driving licence database and subsequent manual scrutiny and organisation of the data would be necessary to obtain the information requested.
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost was for (a) translation and (b) interpretation services incurred by GPs in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information centrally.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments AbroadDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS patients have been sent abroad for treatment in each year for the previous ten years; if he will provide a breakdown of (a) what treatments those patients were sent abroad for and (b)
Answer: The Department does not have a policy about sending National Health Service patients abroad for treatment, although local commissioning groups have in the past commissioned overseas capacity when needed.However, NHS patients can decide to seek treatment a...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSeagullsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the protected status of seagulls.
Answer: The Government has no plans to change the legal protections for gull species. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee Seabird Census (2015-2021) and the 2024 Birds of Conservation Concern report indicate substantial population declines due to, for example...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total number of minutes is that trains have been delayed in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: Delays affecting Trains in Great BritainYearTotal Number of Delay Minutes01/04/14 - 31/03/1512,939,36101/04/15 - 31/03/1613,681,34001/04/16 - 31/03/1714,685,98501/04/17 - 31/03/1814,830,15101/04/18 - 31/03/1916,743,88401/04/19 - 31/03/2016,952,75501/04/20...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Social MediaMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of people in prison for offences related to the use of social media broken down by offence.
Answer: Information as to whether social media was used (at any point) in the commission of an offence is not centrally recorded – therefore the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCrime: Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12491 on Crime: Undocumented Migrants, if she will publish the statistics that her Department holds on that matter.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish data on individual ages of small boat arrivals to the UK.Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors incl...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12574 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many irregular migrants aged (a) 14, (b) 15, (c) 16, (d) 17, (e) 18 and (f) 19 crossed the C
Answer: The Home Office does not publish data on individual ages of small boat arrivals to the UK.Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors incl...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are in receipt of Universal Credit after passing a habitual residency test.
Answer: The information is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics. The Department is exploring the feasibility of developing suitable official statistics related to the immigration status of non-UK / Irish Universal Cre...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHabitual Residence TestDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12868 on Habitual Residence Test, how many habitual residency tests for Universal Credit there were, excluding factual habitual residency tests, in
Answer: Habitual Residence Tests (HRT) always assess whether individuals are factually habitually resident. For an individual to be factually habitually resident they must have been living here for a significant period of time and have a settled intention to rema...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating an internal league table comparing UK cancer (a) care and (b) waiting times with other developed countries.
Answer: The Department has no current plans to create such an internal league table. Professor Lord Darzi has undertaken an independent investigation into the state of the National Health Service, the findings of which were published on 12 September 2024 and will...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDoctors: ResignationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many UK born doctors have left the NHS for employment outside of the UK in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAutism: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with autism in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The information requested isn’t held centrally. Some relevant information, drawn from the Mental Health Service Data Set, is published by NHS England in the Autism Waiting Times Statistics. However, this data only represents a partial picture of the numbe...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: Heart Diseases and StrokesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have presented at A&E for a (a) heart attack and (b) stroke in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Prior to 2020/21, the mechanism used to collect and record accident and emergency activity was not sufficiently granular to identify the requested conditions. However, NHS England can provide a count of attendances with a relevant primary diagnosis from 2...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepressive IllnessesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with depression in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information centrally.
Answered 25 Nov 2024
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