Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Written questions
Attorney General's Office: MarketingAttorney GeneralTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62384More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how much her Department has spent on (a) social media promotions, (b) influencer marketing and (c) online advertising in the last 12 months.
Answer: Commercial sensitivities exist around aspects of this spend which could prejudice commercial interests. All spend in these areas are subject to the standard value for money assessments.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ConsultantsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62099More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many external consultancy projects have (a) overrun or (b) failed to deliver expected outcomes in each year since 2020.
Answer: From 2022, there have been no consultancy contracts, awarded by the Cabinet Office, that were subject to formal performance action or contract termination due to poor performance. Any informal concerns about the delivery of contract objectives would be ma...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ConsultantsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62098More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average daily rate of pay is for consultants working across Whitehall Departments.
Answer: This information is not held by the Cabinet Office.Pay for consultants is managed by each department individually, as they are accountable for their own consultancy pay details. Average rates may differ due to the type of consultancy and commercial struct...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: ConsultantsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62097More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost of external consultants across Government was in each year since 2019.
Answer: Individual Central Government departments publish expenditure on external consultants in their annual reports and accounts. The Government is committed to stopping all non-essential expenditure on consultants, and reducing the reliance on contingent labou...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62096More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public sector contracts have been subject to fraud investigations in each year since 2019.
Answer: Information pertaining to the amount of public sector contracts subject to fraud investigations is not held by the Cabinet Office. This information would be held by relevant law enforcement authorities, or specific government departments, that carried out...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FraudDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value was of fraud detected across NHS procurement systems in each year since 2020.
Answer: The following table shows the value of the procurement fraud detected in the National Health Service in England for each of the last five years:YearProcurement fraud detected2020/21£9,100,0002021/22£9,300,0002022/23£3,200,0002023/24£5,800,0002024/25£3,000...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Freedom of InformationHome OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of freedom of information requests made to her Department have exceeded the statutory deadline in the past year.
Answer: The Home Office’s Freedom of Information (FOI) performance data, including request volumes and timeliness, is published quarterly and is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: StressCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62093More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many working days have been lost to stress-related illness in the civil service in each of the past five years.
Answer: Management Information on Average Working Days Lost due to mental ill-health, which includes stress-related illness, is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62092More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil servants work from home for more than 80% of their contracted hours.
Answer: This information is not held centrally. Decisions on terms and conditions of employment, including flexible working arrangements, are made by the employing department. Heads of departments have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff cont...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Protective ClothingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value is of (a) unused and (b) expired PPE stock held by the NHS.
Answer: Data on personal protective equipment (PPE) items held in storage within individual National Health Service trusts is not held centrally. As of 16 June 2025, PPE items with a value of £24,496,465 are being held in storage by NHS Supply Chain for sale to N...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62090More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any procurement contracts over £1 million were awarded without competitive tender in the last two years.
Answer: Details of central government contracts above £12,000 for procurements commenced before 24 February 2025 are published on Contracts Finder (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder). Contracts procured under the Procurement Act 2023 above £12,000 inc VAT are p...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: DismissalCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62089More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been dismissed for (a) incompetence and (b) misconduct in each year since 2015.
Answer: Departments have delegated responsibility for decisions relating to dismissal of an employee. Civil Service statistics on the composition of the Civil Service workforce, including data on those leaving the Civil Service due to dismissals, are available on...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Performance AppraisalCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62088More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants have been subject to formal performance management in the last three years.
Answer: Departments have delegated responsibility for managing poor performance.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Translation ServicesMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department and
Answer: The Ministry of Justice has a statutory duty to provide language services to enable access to justice for users for whom English is not their first language and those who require visual and tactile services, under the provisions of the Equality Act.Langua...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Translation ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people co
Answer: MHCLG spent £59,064.46 on translation and interpretation services in FY24/25, excluding the languages specified in the question. MHCLG does not report on translation and interpretation separately. MHCLG does not pay for these costs for any of its agencies...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Translation ServicesMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department and
Answer: The Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation (excluding Arm’s Length Bodies) £27,611,694.85 ex VAT in FY24/25 Excluding (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting the Department has spent on (...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Translation ServicesHome OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Dep
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 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Translation ServicesTreasuryTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61619More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department and (B)
Answer: In 2025 HMT has spent the following amounts against each category requested; (a) £0(b) (i) £0(b)(ii) £0 For our agencies this information is not held centrally to the required level of detailed needed to answer this question on their behalf.
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Translation ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for peopl
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spent around £215,000 on direct, external Interpreter and Translator costs, for the financial year 2024-25. Indirect Interpreter and Translator costs (for example, staff time, particularly where translation...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their
Answer: The Department’s expenditure with external suppliers of translation or interpretation services for the 2025 calendar year to date was £7,196, excluding British Sign Language expenditure. In addition, there was no expenditure for languages native to the Un...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Translation ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Depar
Answer: In 2025 so far, within the stipulations, there has been spent on: (a) Translation = £470,542.73(b) Interpretation = £3,248,467.21 Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintai...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Translation ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their Department an
Answer: The Department and its agencies have spent £298,446.92 on translation and interpretation costs in 2025 (this covers the period from 1st January 2025 to 31st May 2025). The table below outlines the split of costs between the Department and each Agency. It ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Translation ServicesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contactin
Answer: Language service needs and spend are assessed to ensure these services offer good value for money for taxpayers while maintaining high standards of service delivery. However, no contracts have been awarded for the core department in 2025.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Translation ServicesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacti
Answer: The amount of expenditure recorded for translation services in the 2023/24 financial year, which runs from 1 April to 31 March, is £1,699.13.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Translation ServicesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A)
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero does not record this data in a way in which we can determine what proportion of the spend on translation services in 2025 so far was for services other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages nativ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
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