Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Ukraine: Armed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the long-term cost to the public purse of (a) military logistics, (b) equipment support, (c) personnel risk, (d) reconstruction liabilities and (e) other costs arising from proposals
Answer: This Government is committed to providing at least £3 billion a year in military support to Ukraine. As the Defence Secretary has made clear in the Commons, Ukraine’s security is our security, and we will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it take...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had discussions with NATO allies on the potential impact of the (a) capture, (b) injury and (c) killing of UK personnel while operating in Ukraine on the potential for (i) escalation an
Answer: The Defence Secretary regularly speaks with his NATO counterparts on practical plans for how our militaries can support security guarantees for Ukraine’s future. The UK is playing a leading role in accelerating work on security arrangements for Ukraine. T...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Peacekeeping OperationsLeader of the HouseTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50305More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, if she will ensure that a (a) full debate takes place in and (b) divisible motion is agreed by the House of Commons before deploying UK ground forces to Ukraine.
Answer: There is a longstanding convention on war powers which this government respects.I refer the Hon. Member to the words of the Prime Minister on 3rd March 2025 during the statement on Ukraine (available at: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-03-03).T...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of asylum seekers granted leave to remain in the UK since 2010 who have returned to their country of origin for (a) visits, (b) holidays and (c) fam
Answer: The Home Office does not centrally hold the requested data, and could only collate it through manual searching of historic case files, at a disproportionate cost to the taxpayer. However, I can assure the Hon Member that, where someone has protection stat...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to (a) immigration officers and (b) caseworkers on the compatibility of an asylum claimant's (i) views on (A) democracy, (B) free speech and (C) gender equal
Answer: All asylum decision-making guidance, including our policy on extremism (contained within Exclusion (Article 1F) and Article 33(2) of the Refugee Convention guidance), is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asylum-decision-making-guidan...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: RadicalismHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that asylum seekers in publicly-funded accommodation do not (a) promote and (b) practise the (i) rejection of British law, (ii) subjugation of women, (
Answer: No one in the UK is allowed to engage in conduct that breaks the law, regardless of the type of accommodation in which they live.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ReligionHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people claimed asylum by religion in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes available data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum claims is published in table Asy_D01 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’. The latest...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIslam: WomenHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the prevalence of (a) forced marriage, (b) domestic abuse and (c) educational disadvantage affecting Muslim women; and what steps her Department is taking to help tac
Answer: The Crime Survey for England and Wales for the year ending March 2024 estimates that 5.2% of Muslim women experienced domestic abuse in the last year, compared to a prevalence rate of 6.6% for the adult female population as a whole. In 2023, the Home Offi...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Deportation and ProsecutionsHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Prevent referrals related to Islamic extremism resulted in (a) prosecutions and (b) removals from the country in the last three years; and what steps her Department is taking to improve the e
Answer: Prevent aims to intervene early to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. The Prevent Duty sits alongside long-established safeguarding duties on professionals to protect people from a range of harms. It helps to ensure that people who a...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 47976 on Prison: Crimes against the Person, if she will provide a further breakdown by nationality.
Answer: The number of individuals involved in incidents of an assault on staff within prisons in England and Wales, by nationality, for 2020 to 2024, can be found in the accompanying table.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIntelligence Services: CostsHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of monitoring the MI5 watchlist in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The Chancellor confirmed in the Spring Statement on 26 March 2025 that the Single Intelligence Account, which provides funding for MI5, SIS and GCHQ, would increase this year to £4.6 billion. Funding for CT Policing, who work closely with MI5, also increa...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: HemsbyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect Hemsby from coastal erosion.
Answer: The shoreline management approach for Hemsby’s coastline is managed realignment, as outlined in the Shoreline Management Plan which has been developed locally. The flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme includes risk management str...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Great YarmouthDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships were started by young people aged 16–24 in Great Yarmouth constituency in each of the past five years.
Answer: The number of apprenticeship starts in the Great Yarmouth constituency by age group are published in the ‘Apprenticeships’ accredited official statistics publication, which can be accessed here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tab...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Great YarmouthTreasuryTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48262More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates on retail unit closures in Great Yarmouth town centre between 2018 and 2024.
Answer: The Government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century. As set out at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, ho...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: Great YarmouthHome OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported knife crime incidents were recorded in the Great Yarmouth policing area in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on offences involving a knife or sharp instrument recorded by the police in England and Wales at the Police Force Area level.These data, including for Norfolk Constabulary, are available here: Pol...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: Great YarmouthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of ambulance response times in Great Yarmouth constituency exceeded national targets for category 1 and category 2 calls in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information in the format requested.NHS England publishes official statistics for average ambulance response times by category of incident at a national level and at ambulance trust level. In addition, information on Categ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Great YarmouthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of GP-to-patient ratios in the Great Yarmouth constituency as of April 2025.
Answer: General practitioners (GPs) have delivered an estimated 32.3 million appointments in March 2025, an increase of 6% since March 2024. In March 2025, in the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board there were 643,000 GP appointments delivered.In addition, ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: Great YarmouthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether new funding streams will be available to support flood prevention measures in Great Yarmouth constituency.
Answer: Delivering on the Government’s Plan for Change, this government is investing a record £2.65 billion over two years, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, for the construction of new flood schemes, and the maintenance and repair of existing ones. With this funding, 1,0...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFisheries: Great YarmouthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the fishing industry in Great Yarmouth constituency following the UK’s departure from the EU.
Answer: As an independent coastal state, we have been able to progress our fisheries management in a way that better supports the needs of our own fishing industry. This includes reforming the way we manage our fisheries, such as through fisheries management plan...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRegeneration: Great YarmouthMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding she has made available for town centre regeneration in Great Yarmouth constituency.
Answer: This Government is fully committed to supporting the regeneration of our town centres and coastal communities.Our new £1.5bn Plan for Neighbourhoods programme will deliver up to £20 million of funding and support over the next decade into 75 communities a...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices and Employment: Great YarmouthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) employment and (b) apprenticeships for young people in Great Yarmouth constituency
Answer: The Department understands the negative effects of unemployment can be particularly pronounced for young people and can have longstanding implications on their future earnings potential and life chances. That is why as part of our plan to Get Britain Work...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRegeneration: Coastal AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will prioritise (a) Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) other coastal areas for economic regeneration funding.
Answer: This Government is fully committed to supporting the regeneration of our town centres and coastal communities.Our new £1.5bn Plan for Neighbourhoods programme will deliver up to £20 million of funding and support over the next decade into 75 communities a...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: Great YarmouthHome OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportation orders have been issued to illegal migrants in Great Yarmouth constituency in the last year.
Answer: The requested information is not held on a constituency level, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: Great YarmouthMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to reduce court backlogs affecting residents of Great Yarmouth constituency.
Answer: This Government inherited a record and rising courts backlog. We have funded a record-high allocation of 110,000 Crown Court sitting days this financial year to tackle the outstanding caseload. As part of our commitment to bearing down on the caseload we ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour: Great YarmouthHome OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allocate additional police resources to tackle antisocial behaviour in Great Yarmouth town centre.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) and the harm it causes is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.The Government’s Plan for Change details our commitment to reduce ASB, including the delivery of a dedicated lea...
Answered 6 May 2025
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