Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Planning: Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the planning system in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on chalk streams protection.
Answer: Cleaning up our waters, including chalk streams, is a government priority. Restoring them to better ecological health means fixing the systemic issues in the water system. Through the Water Environment Improvement Fund, the government is funding 45 projec...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Undocumented MigrantsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing legal aid for people who entered the UK illegally.
Answer: Determinations of eligibility for legal aid are made in accordance with the provisions of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 and regulations made under that Act, passed under the previous government.Under the current regime, the...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the immigration appeal backlog including (a) housing, (b) legal aid and (c) public services for people awaiting outcomes.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems managed by multiple teams across several Government departments and public authorities and, therefore, could only be obtained at dispropor...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated annual cost is of operating the immigration tribunal system, by (a) legal aid, (b) judges and (c) administrative support.
Answer: The final budgets relating to the work of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber (IAC) tribunals in the 2024/25 financial year were:£54.2 million for legal aid;£53.5 million for the costs of the judiciary;£31.4 million for staffing and other administrative co...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum and Deportation: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of tribunal appeals that are submitted by people with previous failed asylum or deportation claims.
Answer: The First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber hears all appeals made against refusal decisions made by the Home Office on the basis of the application made to them. An asylum seeker or human rights claimant who has already appealed cannot appeal ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have more than one active appeal within the immigration tribunal system.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. However, it should be noted that the case management powers of the Tribunal permit the joining together of appeals brought by an individual. The Tribunal will normally identify and link cases together to en...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum and Undocumented Migrants: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to prevent (a) repeat and (b) last-minute appeals from delaying the removal of (i) failed asylum seekers and (ii) illegal entrants.
Answer: Any person, including an asylum seeker and or an illegal entrant, who does not have the right to remain in the United Kingdom and has already appealed a decision cannot appeal again against that decision unless they make further submissions which have not...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration tribunal cases have been adjourned more than once in the last year; and for what reasons.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of immigration appeals have been pending for more than 12 months.
Answer: The percentage of open appeals pending before the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) for more than 12 months, as at 31 December 2024 can be found in the table below:No. of cases pending more than 12 monthsOverall Open Caseload% of Overal...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average waiting time for an immigration appeal to be heard.
Answer: General information on average waiting times for an immigration appeal in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) is published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2024/tribunal-s...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the current backlog of outstanding cases before the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber.
Answer: The number of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) that have not been determined and remain outstanding, as at December 2024, is 75,000.Published statistics can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of immigration-related litigation on the capacity of the (a) family and (b) criminal courts.
Answer: The Lord Chancellor regularly reviews the discharge of her statutory obligations to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the system to support the carrying on of business in both the criminal courts and the family courts. This includes ongoing asses...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have absconded while awaiting deportation after lodging legal appeals in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people who have entered the UK illegally lodge multiple appeals against their deportation; and what the average number of appeals is per person.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: ImmigrationMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recipients of legal aid in immigration cases have been convicted of criminal offences.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally held.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases involving (a) failed asylum seekers and (b) people who have overstayed have reached the (i) Court of Appeal and (ii) Supreme Court since 2020.
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 disproportionate cost.
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DeportationMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time taken is to conclude appeals brought by migrants who have entered the UK illegally against deportation orders.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. Data on the arrival status of people who go on to appeal Home Office decisions is recorded by the Home Office not the First tier Tribunal.General information on the average clearance time for an immigration...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court hours have been spent on immigration-related cases involving people with no legal right to remain in the UK in the last 12 months.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally by HMCTS. The Home Office collect and categorise data on the numbers of people with no legal right to remain in the UK.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were (a) removed, (b) reprimanded and (c) transferred after raising grooming-related failures between 1980 and 2010.
Answer: Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims, rooting out grooming gangs across the coun...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will instruct police forces to release redacted records to the hon. member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry upon request.
Answer: Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims, rooting out grooming gangs across the coun...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure whistleblowers in child protection cases are protected.
Answer: Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims, rooting out grooming gangs across the coun...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides (a) training and (b) guidance to police on handling politically sensitive grooming gang cases.
Answer: Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims, rooting out grooming gangs across the coun...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInquiriesCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44750More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department provides guidance to (a) Ministers and (b) officials on engagement with non-statutory inquiries.
Answer: The Cabinet Office provides advice and guidance to Ministers and officials on statutory and non statutory public inquiries. In response to the House of Lords Statutory Inquiries Committee’s Report on “Public Inquiries: Enhancing Public Trust”, the Governm...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's inquiry into grooming gangs will be given access to documentation relating to those gangs.
Answer: Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims, rooting out grooming gangs across the coun...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) officials and (b) social workers who (i) raised concerns, (ii) resigned and (iii) whistle-blew will be (A) protected and (B) encouraged to testify to the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth's p
Answer: Our focus is to deliver meaningful change for victims and survivors of all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation, including grooming gangs. That means protecting more children, getting justice for victims, rooting out grooming gangs across the coun...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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