Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Family Proceedings: Legal RepresentationMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Family Court system, particularly in cases where one parent is legally represented and the other is not.
Answer: The Government does not record the number of litigants who were unable to present their case properly due to lack of representation. The Ministry of Justice publish official statistics includes legal representation data in the following: Family_Court_Tabl...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the total annual cost of legal aid issued in cases where one party subsequently (a) breaches court orders, (b) refuses contact arrangements and (c) obstructs proceedings.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally held.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: Information SharingMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms exist to coordinate information between criminal courts and family courts.
Answer: The Disclosure of Information between Family and Criminal Agencies and Jurisdictions: Protocol 2024 came into effect on 1 March 2024 and applies to the exchange of information and material between criminal and family agencies and jurisdictions.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal RepresentationMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of delays in the family courts caused by litigants in person on (a) one and (b) both sides of a case.
Answer: The Government does not record the number of litigants who were unable to present their case properly due to lack of representation. The Ministry of Justice publish official statistics includes legal representation data in the following: Family_Court_Tabl...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal RepresentationMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants in person report that they were unable to present their case properly due to lack of representation in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the effect on judicial out
Answer: The Government does not record the number of litigants who were unable to present their case properly due to lack of representation. The Ministry of Justice publish official statistics includes legal representation data in the following: Family_Court_Tabl...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of family court cases did only one party receiving legal aid in each of the last five years.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally held.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the financial equitableness when only one parent receives legal aid in family court proceedings.
Answer: The eligibility for family legal aid does not discriminate as between Mothers and Fathers. In any case, the eligibility criteria apply equally to both.The legal aid framework was reformed by previous governments through the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punis...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the average financial cost for people meeting their own legal fees in family court proceedings in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold records on the average financial cost for people meeting their own legal fees in family court proceedings. These are private arrangements and there is no statutory requirement for them to be reported.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the average amount repaid by people who had received legal aid in family court cases in each of the last five years.
Answer: For financial year 2024-2025 the average legal aid expenditure in family proceedings(1) was £4,551 for private family law cases e.g. proceedings concerning child arrangements orders and £10,058 for public family law cases e.g. care and supervision proceed...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the average cost per case to the public purse of providing legal aid in family proceedings for which the latest data is available.
Answer: For financial year 2024-2025 the average legal aid expenditure in family proceedings(1) was £4,551 for private family law cases e.g. proceedings concerning child arrangements orders and £10,058 for public family law cases e.g. care and supervision proceed...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal RepresentationMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family court cases the mother acted as a litigant in person due to lack of access to (a) legal aid and (b) representation in each of the last five years.
Answer: It is not possible to identify from the data whether the mother or father was represented during proceedings. However, representation can be broken down by applicant and respondent, and this information is published in the Family Court Statistics Quarterl...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal RepresentationMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family court cases the father acted as a litigant in person due to lack of access to (a) legal aid and (b) representation in each of the last five years.
Answer: It is not possible to identify from the data whether the mother or father was represented during proceedings. However, representation can be broken down by applicant and respondent, and this information is published in the Family Court Statistics Quarterl...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid in family proceedings were granted to fathers in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Legal Aid Agency does not specifically track or report on grants of legal aid broken down by whether the applicant was a mother or father as the same eligibility criteria are applicable to all parents and persons with parental responsibility. The requ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of applications for legal aid in family proceedings have been granted to mothers in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Legal Aid Agency does not specifically track or report on grants of legal aid broken down by whether the applicant was a mother or father as the same eligibility criteria are applicable to all parents and persons with parental responsibility. The requ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWales Office: SubscriptionsWales OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: In the last financial year, the Office spent no money on LinkedIn membership fees and £3,332.48 on other subscriptions.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: SubscriptionsScotland OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The Scotland Office and its associated arm’s length bodies have spent £0 on LinkedIn membership fees and £797 on other subscriptions in the last financial year.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: SubscriptionsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The total expenditure by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) on (i) LinkedIn membership fees and (ii) other subscriptions for the financial year 2024/2025 was as follows: CategoryTotal Expenditure (£)(i) LinkedIn membership fees£0.00 (Nil Return)(ii) Other ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: SubscriptionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold a specific membership with LinkedIn. However, our spend on LinkedIn for the financial year 2024/2025 was £155,247.65.Please note this cost covers multiple recruitment services and advertising that span across all our ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: SubscriptionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The department does not hold information on LinkedIn membership fees and other subscriptions in the format requested, and this could only be collated at a disproportionate cost.
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: SubscriptionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: SubscriptionsHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The Home Office spent £98,800 on 13 LinkedIn Corporate Recruiter licences in 2024-25. There was further spend on other Recruitment services. The Home Office does not pay for LinkedIn membership services for individual members of staff.By “other subscripti...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: SubscriptionsTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96511More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: In financial year 2024/25, HM Treasury spent £16,103.50 on a LinkedIn contract as part of the department’s advertisements of external job vacancies. There was no other HM Treasury spend on other LinkedIn fees or subscriptions.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: SubscriptionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. All spending is subject to standard value for money assessments.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: SubscriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: There were no transactions (subscription costs or otherwise) identified with LinkedIn as a supplier in the 2024/25 financial year.The total subscription fees identified for the 2024/25 financial year was £832,046.14. This figure excludes membership of the...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: SubscriptionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: Due to the way this information is stored in our systems, it would be difficult and incur disproportionate costs to extract subscriptions to LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
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