Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Personal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total number of staff employed to review Personal Independence Payment claims is; and how many fraudulent claims were made in each of the last five years.
Answer: DWP currently has 2,700 FTE employed to review Personal Independence Payment Claims. Staff RoleFTEDS PIP New Claims and Award Reviews2700 Notes:Data is correct as of 04th November 2024.Data for PIP New Claims and Award Reviews staff has been derived from ...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTerrorismHome OfficeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 11104 on Terrorism, if she will publish a breakdown of the ideological motivations for the 43 late-stage attack plots disrupted since March 2017.
Answer: This information is not disclosable without jeopardising ongoing investigations and wider national security operations.
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ConstructionMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places are scheduled to be built in the next 12 months.
Answer: This Government is committed to continuing the prison build programmes, which include the construction of four further new prisons, as well as the expansion and refurbishment of the existing estate.I can confirm that HMP Millsike will deliver c.1,500 plac...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FarmersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve mental health provision for farmers.
Answer: We plan to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers across children and adult mental health services in England to reduce delays and provide faster treatment. Integrated care boards are responsible for providing health and care services to meet t...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 2.70 of Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, what estimate he has made of the proportion of additional funding for the NHS that will be spent on (a)
Answer: The Budget set out the Revenue Departmental Expenditure Limit (RDEL) for the Department, which is increasing by £22.6 billion for day-to-day spending, including staff, compared to 2023/24, and the Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (CDEL), which is i...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average (a) waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold for (i) Job Centre Plus, (ii) the Universal Credit helpline and (iii) the Personal Independence Payment helpline wa
Answer: The table below shows the Average Speed of Answer and Average Hold Time for all people calling (i) Job Centre Plus, (ii) the Universal Credit helpline and (iii) the Personal Independence Payment helpline in each of the last 4 business years, with 2024 to ...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average (a) waiting time for people calling and (b) time people spent on hold for his Department was in each of the last five years.
Answer: The average waiting time for people calling the Defra General Helpline in each of the last five years is set out below: Reporting Year Average Wait Time (minutes, seconds)2024 / 202501:112023 / 202401:232022 / 202300:502021 / 202200:582020 / 202100:322019...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: ComplaintsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints to his Department from farmers there were in each of the last five years.
Answer: Records of complaints categorised by the occupation of the complainant are not held by the department. Obtaining the information would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS paid in compensation in each of the last five years.
Answer: NHS Resolution (NHSR) manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England. NHSR administers claims covered by several indemnity schemes. The two main schemes are: the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts, which pro...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices there were in her Department in each of the last five years.
Answer: The table below is a breakdown of apprentices in the department for the last five financial years:DateNumber of Apprentices31 March 202032431 March 202146831 March 202245131 March 202354031 March 2024515
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison Accommodation: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison cells were not in use due to (a) disrepair and (b) poor estate conditions in October 2024.
Answer: This Government has inherited a prison system in crisis, with infrastructure crumbling, dangerous jails and our hardworking staff under immense pressure. We have taken difficult, but necessary action to urgently reduce capacity pressures and save prisons ...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordViolent and Sex Offender RegisterHome OfficeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a breakdown of the sex offenders register by nationality.
Answer: Qualifying sex offenders are required to notify their personal details to the police. This system is often referred to as the ‘sex offenders’ register’ and requires offenders to provide their local police station with a record of (amongst other things) th...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordStalking: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for a breakdown by nationality of how many people of what nationality were found guilty of stalking involving fear of violence in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department currently has no plans to publish a breakdown of foreign national offenders by nationality and detailed offence type (which would include the requested information for rape, other sexual offences, murder and drug trafficking). However, we k...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate of foreign national offenders was in each of the last five years.
Answer: The requested data on the reoffending rate of foreign national offenders can be found in the attached table. The proven reoffending rate for all adult offenders released from custody or starting a court order, in the April 21 to March 22 annual cohort, wa...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign criminals were granted temporary release in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department currently has no plans to publish a breakdown of foreign national offenders by nationality and detailed offence type (which would include the requested information for rape, other sexual offences, murder and drug trafficking). However, we k...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9762 on Offenders: Foreign Nationals, if her Department will commit to publishing a breakdown of foreign national offenders by nationality for (a) rape, (b) m
Answer: The Department currently has no plans to publish a breakdown of foreign national offenders by nationality and detailed offence type (which would include the requested information for rape, other sexual offences, murder and drug trafficking). However, we k...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTheft: Criminal ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the average time taken for theft cases to be processed through the courts in each year since 2019.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the average duration for various stages of the criminal justice system for defendants by offence group, including theft, from 2014 to 2023 (latest available) in the ‘End-to-end timeliness tool’ as part of C...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 31 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of Aspen cards was to the public purse in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts at HO annual...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 3.82 of Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, if he will provide funding for flood defences in Hemsby.
Answer: To ensure we protect the country from the devastating impacts of flooding, we will invest £2.4 billion over the next two years to improve flood resilience, by maintaining, repairing and building flood defences. The list of projects to receive government f...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOffice for Value for MoneyTreasuryTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12003More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget will be for the Office for Value for Money; and how many staff it will have.
Answer: The Office for Value for Money is a time-limited, multidisciplinary team of up to 20 civil servants based in HM Treasury and led by David Goldstone, the independent Chair. Its costs in 2024-25 and 2025-26 will be funded from HM Treasury's RDEL settlements...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCovid Counter-fraud CommissionerTreasuryTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12002More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the office budget will be for the Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner.
Answer: The Commissioner will be supported by a team of experts from HM Treasury, the Public Sector Fraud Authority, the Government Commercial Function, the Government Debt Management Function and the Department of Health and Social Care.
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 12001More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.54 of Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, whether her Department has carried out an impact assessment on the proposed changes to agricultural property relief.
Answer: The Government has published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/what-are-the-changes-to-agricultural-property-relief#:~:text=From%206%20April%202026%2C%20the,rather%20than%20the%20standard%2...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: BusinessTreasuryTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11999More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the planned rise in employer's national insurance contribut
Answer: Raising the revenue required to fix the public finances and restore economic stability requires difficult decisions on tax, which is why we are asking employers to contribute more. The government will protect the smallest businesses by increasing the Empl...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recruitment targets there were in each branch of the armed forces in each of the last five years; and how many people were recruited to each branch in the same period.
Answer: The information requested by the hon. Member can be found below. Financial YearRoyal NavyArmyRoyal Air ForceTargetActualTargetActualTargetActual2019-204,1803,67010,1109,5902,9002,6202020-214,4004,0609,4209,3302,4902,2102021-224,3503,7307,3607,2302,6702,32...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: DeploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained military personnel were ready to deploy in a combat role in each branch of the armed forces in each of the last five years.
Answer: The below table represents the number of UK Armed Forces personnel with a Medical Deployability Standard (MDS) of Medically Fully Deployable (MFD) and Medically Limited Deployable (MLD), in a combat role, as at 1 July for each year between 2020 and 2024, ...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
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