Rupert Lowe MP: written questions 2025
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Tourism: Income Tax and National Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101572More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the annual income tax and National Insurance contributions generated by employment directly and indirectly supported by the Hemsby tourism economy.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs has not made estimate of total annual tax receipts generated by economic, employment or tourism related activity in Hemsby, Norfolk.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTourism: VATTreasuryTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101571More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the annual VAT revenue generated by tourism-related activity in Hemsby, including holiday accommodation, food and drink and local services.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs has not made estimate of total annual tax receipts generated by economic, employment or tourism related activity in Hemsby, Norfolk.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTax Yields: HemsbyTreasuryTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101570More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Treasury has made of total annual tax receipts generated by economic activity in Hemsby, Norfolk, including (a) income tax, (b) National Insurance contributions, (c) VAT, and (d) business rates.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs has not made estimate of total annual tax receipts generated by economic, employment or tourism related activity in Hemsby, Norfolk.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal Areas: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of how her Department's proposed funding reforms will impact coastal communities with high proportions of (a) small businesses, (b) seasonal tourism employ
Answer: On 14 October 2025, following consultation, the Government announced major changes to its flood and coastal erosion funding policy. The reforms will make it quicker and easier to deliver flood defences by simplifying our funding rules, and optimising fund...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) financial support and (b) support for (i) relocation, (ii) purchase of replacement housing and (iii) compensation for loss of property value is available to households in Hems
Answer: The Environment Agency administers and assures the coastal erosion assistance grant (CEAG) on behalf of Defra. A grant of £6,000 per property is available to support the prompt and safe demolition of homes at greatest risk of loss from erosion. Local auth...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with (a) Great Yarmouth Borough Council, (b) Norfolk County Council and (c) the Environment Agency on long-term coastal erosion management optio
Answer: The Environment Agency has a strategic overview of the management of all sources of flooding and coastal change. Local authorities take the lead in managing coastal erosion. In Hemsby, Great Yarmouth Borough Council are the lead authority for coastal eros...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the current Shoreline Management Plan policy is for the Hemsby coastline; and what the evidential basis was for selecting that policy.
Answer: In January 2025 the Environment Agency published the new Shoreline Management Plan Explorer. The documentation associated with preferred policies can be found in the SMP Main Report: Kelling Hard to Lowestoft SMP6 | Shoreline Management Plans. The manage...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) coastal modelling, (b) geomorphical studies and (c) monitoring programmes the Environment Agency has commissioned in relation to Hemsby since 2020.
Answer: The Environment Agency was a partner in the development and publication of the Shoreline Management Plan for northeast Norfolk: Kelling Hard to Lowestoft SMP6 | Shoreline Management Plans. In 2018/19, the Environment Agency worked with the Anglian Regiona...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal ErosionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the steps her Department is taking to consider (a) displacement costs, (b) temporary accommodation costs and (c) local authority rehousi
Answer: Coastal management is delivered through collaboration between the Environment Agency, local authorities and a range of partners. Defra retains overall policy responsibility for flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) in England, while local auth...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion and Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assess the potential impact of new flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes on (a) primary residences, (b) second homes, (c) holiday cha
Answer: On 14 October 2025, following consultation, the Government announced major changes to its flood and coastal erosion funding policy. The reforms will make it quicker and easier to deliver flood defences by simplifying our funding rules, and optimising fund...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the cost-benefit ratio in relation to (a) maintaining current shoreline management policy outcomes at Hemsby and (b) alternative policies involving addi
Answer: Great Yarmouth Borough Council are the Risk Management Authority (RMA) for the Hemsby area. They are best placed, using local knowledge and data, to undertake detailed assessments of risk management options along with their costs and benefits. In 2018/19,...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the potential economic impact of coastal erosion in Hemsby on (a) tourism, (b) local employment and (c) local tax revenues.
Answer: Great Yarmouth Borough Council are the Risk Management Authority (RMA) for the Hemsby area. They are best placed, using local knowledge and data, to continue making detailed risk assessments, including for the potential economic impacts. To support all RM...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the most recent estimate is of the number of businesses in Hemsby at risk of loss to coastal erosion within (i) 5 and (ii) 10 years.
Answer: Great Yarmouth Borough Council are the Risk Management Authority (RMA) for the Hemsby area. They are best placed, using local knowledge and data, to continue making detailed risk assessments, including for the potential economic impacts. To support all RM...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the most recent estimate is of the number of residential properties in Hemsby at risk of loss to coastal erosion within (i) 5 and (ii) 10 years.
Answer: Great Yarmouth Borough Council are the Risk Management Authority (RMA) for the Hemsby area. They are best placed, using local knowledge and data, to continue making detailed risk assessments, including for the potential economic impacts. To support all RM...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the current and projected rate of coastal affecting Hemsby, Norfolk over the next (i) 5, (ii) 10 and (iii) 25 years.
Answer: In January 2025 the Environment Agency published the new National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping (NCERM) on ‘Check coastal erosion risk for an area in England’ and Shoreline Management Plan Explorer. The new NCERM dataset is openly accessible via data.gov.u...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOffenders and Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2025 to Question 95752 on Offenders and Undocumented migrants, if she will increase the amount of staff to 6,500.
Answer: The 65 staff are directly involved in tracing and resourcing for this activity is regularly reviewed. They work in partnership with the police, other government agencies, and commercial companies to identify information on a person that may help to progre...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOffenders and Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2025 to Question 95752 on Offenders and Undocumented migrants, what the roles of those 65 staff are.
Answer: The 65 staff are directly involved in tracing and resourcing for this activity is regularly reviewed. They work in partnership with the police, other government agencies, and commercial companies to identify information on a person that may help to progre...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOffenders and Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2025 to question 95741 on Offenders and Undocumented Migrants, if he will commit to collating and verifying the requested data to publish on a regular basis.
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 requests, the public resources required to compile the statistics, and importan...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalism: IslamHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been removed from the UK in each of the last five years for involvement in, incitement of, or support for extremist Islamist ideology.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at a disproportionate cost.
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered suspending visa routes from countries assessed as high-risk for terrorism;
Answer: The UK operates a robust and effective visa system, which is an important part of securing the UK border and a vital tool for the UK in reducing illegal immigration, tackling organised crime and protecting national security. A requirement to obtain a visa...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which visa routes are currently open to nationals of countries designated as high-risk for terrorism-related activity.
Answer: The UK operates a robust and effective visa system, which is an important part of securing the UK border and a vital tool for the UK in reducing illegal immigration, tackling organised crime and protecting national security. A requirement to obtain a visa...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to designate a country as high-risk for terrorism and extremist activity for the purposes of visa policy.
Answer: The UK operates a robust and effective visa system, which is an important part of securing the UK border and a vital tool for the UK in reducing illegal immigration, tackling organised crime and protecting national security. A requirement to obtain a visa...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalism: IslamHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the current level of threat from Islamist extremists.
Answer: The UK’s counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST, provides a comprehensive framework for tackling all forms of terrorism and is kept under constant review to ensure our approach remains fit for purpose in response to emerging risks and challenges.As outlined ...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: ConvictionsHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals convicted of terrorism-related offences are currently present in the UK following completion of their custodial sentences.
Answer: The Home Office does not centrally record the data as requested. However, the department does publish data on the numbers of terrorist offenders released from prison in Great Britain. This includes offenders released at the end of their sentence, as well ...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMigrants: DetaineesHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals assessed as posing a national security risk have absconded from immigration control in each of the last five years.
Answer: The first priority of Government is protecting our national security and the safety of our people. As a matter of longstanding Government policy, we do not comment on the detail of national security and intelligence matters.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
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