Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Coronavirus: DeathCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13923More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths listed (a) covid-19 as the main cause of death and (b) covid-19 as a contributory cause of death since January 2020.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 12 November is attached.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSwimming Pools: ClosuresDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public pools closed in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Since 2015, 279 swimming pools on sites owned by Local Authorities have closed. At the same time, 248 swimming pools have opened. Facilities may close for a number of reasons: this can include the rationalisation of multiple older facilities into a modern...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: CoronavirusDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school days were lost due to school closures during the Covid lockdowns.
Answer: The department does not hold information on total school days lost due to school closures during the COVID-19 lockdowns.However, during the COVID-19 pandemic the department did collect and publish information on attendance in education and early years set...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people used Access to Work support at what cost and for what reasons in the last financial year.
Answer: The most recent complete financial year of data available in the published Access to Work official statistics is 2023/24: Access to Work statistics: April 2007 to March 2024 - GOV.UK. In 2023/24, around 61,630 people received a payment for any Access to W...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordProtective Clothing: StorageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the monthly cost is of storing PPE related to Covid.
Answer: It currently costs approximately £200,000 per week, the equivalent to £850,000 for November 2024, to store personal protective equipment unsuitable for National Health Service use. The figure is dynamic because the stock is reducing.A programme of work is...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum and Undocumented Migrants: Government AssistanceHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) asylum seekers and (b) undocumented migrants were eligible for support under (i) Section (A) 95 and (B) 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and (ii) Section 1
Answer: As has long been the case. the Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute before their claim is decided and those without a valid claim can be removed. By clearing the backlog...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHomicide and Sexual OffencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been sentenced for (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) other sex offences in each year for the previous ten years, broken down by primary language.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants sentenced for murder, rape, and other sex offences in the Outcomes by Offence data tool. The latest publication (2023 data) is available from the Outcomes by Offence data tool publi...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: LanguagesHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a breakdown of the primary language of registered sexual offenders.
Answer: Qualifying offenders (i.e., those convicted for an offence in Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003) are required to notify personal details to the police. This system is often referred to as the ‘sex offenders’ register’ and requires offenders to pr...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: CurfewsHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a curfew on irregular migrants housed in (a) hotels and (b) other types of accommodation.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to PQ 13616.
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the primary language of benefits claimants has been in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The Department does not centrally hold the information requested as it is not a requirement for a customer to declare their ‘primary’ language. Customer communications and benefit information is provided in English and Welsh as appropriate. Necessary info...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Health ServicesHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost has been of providing private healthcare to irregular migrants in each year since 2018.
Answer: Asylum seekers are not provided with private healthcare.
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of residential properties that were bought by non-UK nationals in each of the last 20 years.
Answer: HM Land Registry (HMLR) registers legal ownership, interests and mortgages against land and property in England and Wales. The Register of Title held by HMLR does not record the nationality of individuals who own land or property.HMLR publishes a dataset ...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: HousingHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department places limits on the movements of irregular migrants housed in (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation.
Answer: The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide support and accommodation to destitute asylum seekers while their claim for asylum is being considered.Asylum seekers housed in asylum accommodation are not detained but are subject to the same laws as...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: NationalityHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the nationality at birth of people on the sex offenders register.
Answer: Qualifying offenders (i.e.those convicted for an offence in Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003) are required to notify personal details to the police. This system is often referred to as the ‘sex offenders’ register’ and requires offenders to prov...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance: Foreign NationalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many National Insurance numbers were issued to foreign nationals in each year since 2010.
Answer: The Department publishes quarterly statistics on National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK on Stat-Xplore. The latest statistics, for January 2002 to June 2024, can be compiled by rolling year end to June and nation...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance: Bulgaria and RomaniaDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many National Insurance numbers were issued to (a) Bulgarian and (b) Romanian nationals resident in Great Yarmouth constituency in each year since 2016.
Answer: The Department publishes quarterly statistics on National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK on Stat-Xplore. The latest statistics, for January 2002 to June 2024, can be compiled by rolling year end to June and nation...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Labour TurnoverCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13610More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of staff turnover on the cost to the public purse of (a) recruitment, (b) training and (c) reduced productivity in each Department in the previous year.
Answer: Civil Service Turnover data is published annually through the Civil Service statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2024 Civil Service departments are responsible for managing their own workforces and ensuring they ha...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSports: Transgender PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport on women; and if she will meet with women impacted by transgender participatio
Answer: Sporting bodies have a responsibility to protect the integrity and fairness of women's sport and the safety of all participants, particularly when it is not possible to balance those factors with inclusion.National Governing Bodies set their own policies ...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: CoronavirusDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue an official apology to social care workers that were dismissed during the pandemic for not being vaccinated.
Answer: Social care workers are employed by individual employers, and it is down to these employers to decide whether to hire or dismiss staff, not the Government. Making vaccination a condition of deployment (VCOD) was supported by the best available clinical ev...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Nature ConservationDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which wildlife protection projects relate to HS2 works; and what the cost is of each.
Answer: HS2 must meet regulatory and legal requirements to protect existing wildlife and is also committed to a target of ‘No Net Loss’ in biodiversity. HS2 Ltd therefore deploys an adaptive approach to wildlife protection and environmental mitigation. The design...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12200 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, if she will break down that data by crime category.
Answer: Data on the reoffending rate of foreign national offenders, broken down by the crime category of the index offence, can be found in the attached table.We refer all foreign national offenders in receipt of custodial sentences to the Home Office. Those sent...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13566More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff working in 10 Downing Street have diversity in their job title by pay band.
Answer: No staff in 10 Downing Street have the word ‘diversity’ in their job title.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13565More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants work from home on each day of the week.
Answer: Data on Civil Service Headquarters (HQ) occupancy is collected and published quarterly on GOV.UK for all HQ buildings of Whitehall Departments, Office for Scotland, Office for Wales and Northern Ireland Office. Data for the latest period for which data is...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of pot holes that were reported in each of the last 25 years.
Answer: It is the responsibility of local highway authorities to manage and maintain their local highway networks, including understanding what parts of the network require maintenance, based on local needs and priorities. Local authorities are required to provid...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the transparency data published by her Department entitled Small boat arrivals: last 7 days, if she will make it her policy to include information on the sex of migrants in this data
Answer: 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 including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
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