Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Undocumented Migrants: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether irregular migrants housed in hotels have access to (a) pool, (b) gym and (c) other hotel facilities.
Answer: The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.They do not have access to hotel leisure facilities.The Government is determi...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants have crossed the Channel by (a) age and (b) sex in each year since 2018.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on irregular arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK statistics’ release on gov.uk. Data on arrivals by arrival method, sex, and age are published in table Irr_D01 of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness: MoneyTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12573More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of businesses that do not accept cash; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to require all businesses to acce
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role cash plays as means of payment for essential goods and services and to the wider economy, and welcomes the recent announcement of the Treasury Select Committee’s inquiry into cash acceptance.There is no legal requi...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAccident and Emergency Departments: Dental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) attendances at accident and emergency departments and (b) emergency admissions there were for dentistry-related issues in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The following table shows how many attendances to accident and emergency departments there were for dentistry-related issues, specifically those with a first diagnosis code of dental abscess or dental caries, for each of the last four years:Year2020/21202...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her department's policy is on (a) engines, (b) boats and (c) life jackets recovered from irregular migrant arrivals; and what the cost to the public purse was of the (i) storage of, (ii) destruct
Answer: All vessels that have been subject to seizure are held by Border Force until completion of any criminal investigation activities. The majority of boats are not fit for re-sale or to ever go to sea again, as they arrive in very poor condition and may be da...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints there were about to the standard of English of (a) GPs, (b) consultants and (c) other health care professionals in the NHS in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: No such data is collected. Many of the statutory health regulatory bodies have adopted the use of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) to assess workers for the health care setting. The overall IELTS English language test score of 7.0...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ComplaintsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on complaints about GPs, broken down by GP nationality, in each of the last five years.
Answer: Data is not collected or held on the nationality status of general practitioners (GPs) when undergoing a complaints procedure. Under the GP contract, practices must establish and operate a complaints procedure to deal with complaints made in relation to t...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on (a) the number of GP appointments available and (b) excess demand for those appointments in each of the last five years.
Answer: The 12-month rolling sum of appointments in each of the last five years, excluding COVID-19 vaccination appointments, is as follows:284,800,000 as of September 2020;302,910,000 as of September 2021;325,100,000 as of September 2022;351,758,870 as of Septem...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many social care staff (a) were dismissed and (b) resigned due to mandatory Covid-19 vaccination regulations.
Answer: The Government does not hold this data.
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCrime: Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 1 November 2024 to Question 11117 on Crime: Undocumented Migrants, what information her Department holds on the number of crimes committed by undocumented migrants.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics.Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.Under the UK Borders Act 2007, a deportation order ...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants entered the UK in each of the last five years, broken down by vehicle type.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on irregular arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK statistics’ release on gov.uk. Data on arrivals by arrival method, sex, and age are published in table Irr_D01 of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Commission on Covid Commemoration: CostsCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12355More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of the UK Commission on Covid Commemoration.
Answer: The UK Commission on Covid Commemoration was established on 21 July 2022 to secure a broad consensus from across the whole of the United Kingdom on how to commemorate the COVID-19 pandemic and mark this distinctive period in our history at a UK and commun...
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCovid-19 InquiryCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12354More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of the covid-19 inquiry; if he will make an estimate of the anticipated total cost of the inquiry; and whether the inquiry is running to budget.
Answer: It is important that lessons are learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic and the response to it. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry is independent of government and it is right that we allow the Chair to continue her important work. The Chair is under a statutory obligati...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Social Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many irregular migrants are in (a) social and (b) council housing.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 5689 on 11 October 2024.
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12344More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of introducing performance related pay reviews on all senior leadership positions in the Civil Service.
Answer: The performance management process for Senior Civil Servants already provides the opportunity for performance related pay to recognise high performance.
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12341More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil service staff earned above £100,000 a year in (a) January 2024 and (b) the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: Civil Service Statistics (Table 35) provides information on the number of civil servants earning over £100,000 and in other bandings. The latest information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2024 The prev...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: WhitehallCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12340More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil service staff worked on Whitehall in (a) January 2024 and (b) the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: Civil Service Headquarters (HQ) occupancy data is collected and published on GOV.UK for all HQ buildings of Whitehall Departments, Office for Scotland, Office for Wales and Northern Ireland Office. Post-election period, publications now happen on a quarte...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: StrikesCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12332More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many days were lost to strike action in the Civil Service in each of the last five years.
Answer: This information is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office. Each department is responsible for the management of their workforce.
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: FoodCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12331More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentage of the food served at receptions in Number 10 Downing Street is domestically produced.
Answer: 10 Downing Street hosts a variety of events and catering is tailored accordingly, often using events to showcase British produce.
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCoal: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the (a) value and (b) volume of coal imported into the UK was in each of the last five years.
Answer: Data showing the value and volume of coal imported into the UK is presented in the following table: 20192020202120222023UK coal imports (million tonnes)5.43.74.56.62.9Value of UK coal imports (£m)5743184701,573519Source: HMRC trade data
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: CostsHome OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of irregular migration in the next five years.
Answer: The costs of the asylum system are kept under constant review and are published on an annual basis.Decisions made by this government since being in office are estimated to save £7 Billion in Net Present Value (NPV) over the next 10 years.
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRadicalismHome OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were referred to the Prevent programme by their ideological motivation in each year since 2014.
Answer: The breakdown of statistical data on the individuals referred to the Prevent Programme by their associated type of concern since the financial year 2016/17 to 2022/23, can be found in Table 6 (Type of Concern of those referred, discussed at a Channel pane...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordProtective Clothing: ChinaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of storing personal protective equipment in China since the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic.
Answer: As of the end of September 2024, approximately 1,049,700 pallets, or 23%, of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been recycled through energy from waste and recycling. The original cost to purchase was £8.644 billion, and all stock categorised as exce...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: Protective ClothingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of personal protective equipment (PPE) purchased to respond to covid-19 was incinerated; and what the value was of the incinerated PPE.
Answer: As of the end of September 2024, approximately 1,049,700 pallets, or 23%, of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been recycled through energy from waste and recycling. The original cost to purchase was £8.644 billion, and all stock categorised as exce...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChina: CoronavirusForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of seeking reparations from China for their alleged role in the (a) production and (b) release of covid-19.
Answer: The UK government has been clear that a robust, transparent, and science-led investigation into the origins of COVID must be an important part of the international effort to understand how the pandemic started and how it spread. We continue to support the...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
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