Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Social Rented Housing: EvictionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of social housing evictions involved households whose lead tenant was (a) a UK national, (b) an EU national, or (c) a non-EU nati
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of social housing tenants had lived in the UK for (a) under 1 year, (b) 1–3 years, (c) 3–5 years, (d) 5–10 years, and (e) more th
Answer: My Department does not hold data on what proportion of social housing tenants have lived in the UK for any period of time.
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of social housing applications were refused in each local authority area in each of the past five years, and what proportion of those refusals related to immigrat
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households refused a homelessness duty were (a) UK nationals, (b) EU nationals and (c) non-EU nationals, and what proportion w
Answer: The government publishes quarterly data on the number of households refused a homelessness duty, which you can access in Table A1 of the quarterly and annual statutory homelessness data published on gov.uk here. This data does not include the reason why a...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: MigrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of social housing applications from households newly eligible through (a) refugee status, (b) humanitarian protection, or (c) set
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: MigrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of social housing applications refused by local authorities related to households with (a) no recourse to public funds, (b) pre-s
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026WithdrawnUIN 123496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households eligible for social housing were able to access a social home, and what proportion remained on waiting lists.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCouncil HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households eligible for social housing were able to access a social home, and what proportion remained on waiting lists.
Answer: Information in respect of households on housing registers is collected as an aggregated snapshot by local authority on 31 March each year. As a result, individual households cannot be tracked, and it is not possible to calculate the proportions requested.
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTemporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households in temporary accommodation were (a) UK nationals, (b) EU nationals and (c) non-EU nationals.
Answer: MHCLG publish information on nationality of main applicants owed a homelessness duty. This is available in table A9 of our financial year datasets published on gov.uk here. We do not publish separate information on nationality of main applicants in Tempor...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: Waiting ListsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households added to social housing waiting lists had newly acquired eligibility through (a) refugee status, (b) humanitarian p
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: Waiting ListsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households on local authority housing waiting lists were (a) UK nationals, (b) EU nationals and (c) non-EU nationals.
Answer: Information on the nationality of the lead applicant of households on housing registers is collected on a voluntary basis in the Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS).Information is available for the past two years and is published in Section 6.7 of t...
Answered 2 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: Waiting ListsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households on local authority housing waiting lists in each of the past five years were (a) UK nationals, (b) EU nationals and (c) non-EU nationals, and what proportion
Answer: Information on the nationality of the lead applicant of households on housing registers is collected on a voluntary basis in the Local Authority Housing Statistics (LAHS).Information is available for the past two years and is published in Section 6.7 of t...
Answered 2 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: MigrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households in (a) new social housing lettings and (b) receipt of Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit he
Answer: Available social housing lettings data is not broken down by the nationality of the lead tenant and whether they are in receipt of housing-related benefits, or a lead tenant’s formal immigration status.The number of new social housing lettings allocated t...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: MigrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households in (a) social housing lettings and (b) receipt of Housing Benefit or the housing element of Universal Credit in each of the past five years held (i) refugee s
Answer: Available social housing lettings data is not broken down by the nationality of the lead tenant and whether they are in receipt of housing-related benefits, or a lead tenant’s formal immigration status.The number of new social housing lettings allocated t...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Social Security BenefitsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of new social housing lettings made to (a) UK nationals, (b) EU nationals and (c) non-EU nationals received Housing Benefit or th
Answer: Available social housing lettings data is not broken down by the nationality of the lead tenant and whether they are in receipt of housing-related benefits, or a lead tenant’s formal immigration status.The number of new social housing lettings allocated t...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, how many new social housing lettings were made to (a) UK nationals, (b) EU nationals and (c) non-EU nationals.
Answer: The number of new social housing lettings to households with UK, EU and non-EU national lead tenants in each year between 2020/21 and 2024/25 can be found in the ‘Social Housing Lettings’ statistics tables 3e and 3ei on gov.uk here.Available social housin...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new social housing lettings in the most recent year were made to (a) UK nationals, (b) EU nationals and (c) non-EU nationals.
Answer: The number of new social housing lettings to households with UK, EU and non-EU national lead tenants in each year between 2020/21 and 2024/25 can be found in the ‘Social Housing Lettings’ statistics tables 3e and 3ei on gov.uk here.Available social housin...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Department has considered collecting, or asking local authorities to collect, nationality data for all members of households allocated social housing, rather than onl
Answer: Social housing lettings data collected through the Continuous Recording (CORE) system focuses on the "lead tenant" (or Household Reference Person) in order to create accurate, consistent, and manageable demographic profiles of households, rather...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, how many people were housed through new social housing lettings, broken down by (a) UK national lead tenants, (b) EU national lead tenants, and (
Answer: The number of new social housing lettings to households with UK, EU and non-EU national lead tenants in each year between 2020/21 and 2024/25 can be found in the ‘Social Housing Lettings’ statistics tables 3e and 3ei on gov.uk here.Available social housin...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people were housed through new social housing lettings in the most recent year for which data is available, broken down by (a) UK national lead tenants, (b) EU national
Answer: The number of new social housing lettings to households with UK, EU and non-EU national lead tenants in each year between 2020/21 and 2024/25 can be found in the ‘Social Housing Lettings’ statistics tables 3e and 3ei on gov.uk here.Available social housin...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking and Sexual Offences: ArrestsHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for human trafficking or sexual exploitation offences in the most recent complete quarter for which data is available, and what the nationality of those individuals
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking and Sexual OffencesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted of human trafficking or sexual exploitation offences in each of the last three calendar years were foreign nationals at the time of conviction.
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking and Sexual Offences: ProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112401More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions for human trafficking or sexual exploitation offences in each of the last three calendar years involved two or more defendants charged as part of the same case.
Answer: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information which shows the number of prosecuted defendants flagged with the modern slavery (human trafficking) monitoring flag where 2 or more defendants have been prosecuted on the same case. The data...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking and Sexual Offences: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether ethnicity data is collected centrally for individuals convicted of human trafficking or sexual exploitation offences.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions, including details around ethnicity, for a wide range of offences, including offences related to human trafficking or sexual exploitation in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded f...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking and Sexual Offences: ArrestsHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested for offences relating to human trafficking or sexual exploitation in each of the last three calendar years, broken down by immigration status at the time of arrest.
Answer: Modern slavery is a vicious crime that dehumanises people for profit. The Government is committed to tackling it in all its forms and to giving survivors the support and certainty they need to recover. The Government is continually looking to improve the ...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
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