Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Visas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered introducing minimum attendance or engagement requirements as part of the eligibility criteria for the Graduate Route in light of the Migration Advisory Committee’
Answer: The Home Office is taking steps to improve data quality and transparency regarding agents. From 7 April Student sponsors will be required to provide agent details on the Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) for all student applications where the sp...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the Migration Advisory Committee’s May 2024 recommendation that the Government improve data quality and transparency around the use of international recruitm
Answer: The Home Office is taking steps to improve data quality and transparency regarding agents. From 7 April Student sponsors will be required to provide agent details on the Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) for all student applications where the sp...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has undertaken a review of the data variables used for analytical purposes across the Student, Graduate and Skilled Worker visa routes, as recommended by the Migration Advisory
Answer: The Home Office continues to invest in the development of its data and data systems to support insightful analysis of the immigration system.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has considered the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendation in its May 2024 rapid review of the Graduate Route that universities be required to publish annual data on their
Answer: The Home Office is taking steps to improve data quality and transparency regarding agents. From 7 April Student sponsors will be required to provide agent details on the Certificate of Acceptance for Studies (CAS) for all student applications where the sp...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, how many households placed in the insanitary, unsatisfactory or overcrowded Reasonable Preference category on social housing registers were (a) U
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: EligibilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of differences between local authorities in the qualification criteria used to determine access to social housing registers.
Answer: My Department commissioned a Systems-wide Evaluation of Homelessness and Rough Sleeping, which explored Social Housing Allocations and the use of qualification criteria used to determine access to social housing registers. The report can be found on gov.u...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: Domestic AbuseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households who left their last settled home due to domestic abuse held an immigration status conferring eligibility for social
Answer: The government publishes quarterly data on the number of applicants owed a prevention or relief duty where the reason for loss of last settled home was domestic abuse. This is available in tables A2P and A2R here. We do not publish separate data on the im...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: Domestic AbuseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for each of the past five years, what proportion of households who left their last settled home due to domestic abuse were (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals.
Answer: The government publishes quarterly data on the number of applicants owed a prevention or relief duty where the reason for loss of last settled home was domestic abuse. This is available in tables A2P and A2R here. We do not publish separate data on the im...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: EvictionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123977More
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 who had lived in the UK for (a) under 1 year, (b) 1–3 years, (c) 3–5 years, (d) 5
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: EvictionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123975More
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 with (a) no recourse to public funds, (b) pre-settled status without a qualifying
Answer: My Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a breakdown of student loan recipients by nationality in each of the last five years.
Answer: Attached is a table that provides data about students in receipt of student loans by nationality, for the 2020/21 – 2024/25 academic years.This dataset reports the number of UK Nationals, and provides a breakdown of nationalities for non-UK Nationals. Pre...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: GazaHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people that entered the UK under the Gaza medical evacuation scheme have applied for asylum.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of people claiming asylum by nationality is published in table Asy_D01 of the ‘Asylum claims and initial decisions datasets’, while data ...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: GazaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has been the total cost to the public purse of the Gaza medical evacuation scheme for children.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 November 2025 to Question 81587.
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial 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
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