Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Department for Transport: SubscriptionsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The Department’s total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees for the last financial year was nil and (ii) other similar membership subscriptions was nil.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: SubscriptionsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: For FY24/25, DSIT spent £159,000 on LinkedIn subscriptions and £1,221,168 on other subscriptions. DSIT uses its LinkedIn subscription to support with recruitment efforts including role advertisement and usage of LinkedIn Insights which supports with strat...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: SubscriptionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: SubscriptionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, 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 for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: SubscriptionsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: During the period of 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the department spent £0.00 on LinkedIn membership fees.During the same period, the department and its executive agencies spent £274,988.24 on services that fit the broad description of ‘subscription’.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: SubscriptionsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: DCMS has spent £52,670.85 on Linkedin membership fees and £92,099 on other subscriptions in the financial year 24/25. Costs are exclusive of VAT.These costs are used to maintain access to the widest possible applicant base for job roles in the department,...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: SubscriptionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: We are unable to provide details on the total spend on LinkedIn membership fees and other subscriptions by the Department for Business and Trade in the last financial year. The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur dispr...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: SubscriptionsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96499More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for the total spend on (i) LinkedIn membership fees (ii) other subscriptions by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: In line with other large employers, The Cabinet Office utilises LinkedIn subscriptions for business purposes including recruitment across government and managing the wider Civil Service talent pipeline. It is not possible to provide a definitive figure fo...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: SubscriptionsAttorney GeneralTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96496More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, for the total spend on (a) LinkedIn membership fees and (b) other subscriptions by her Department in the last financial year.
Answer: The department has no spend on LinkedIn membership fees, and has a total spend in 2024/25 of £4,322.00 on other subscriptions.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an independent review into her Department's handling, recording and disclosure of absconder data.
Answer: The Secretary of State for the Home Department has no plans to commission an independent review into the Department’s handling, recording, and disclosure of absconder data. The Department already undertakes:Regular internal audits and quality assurance ch...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders and Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants are assigned to locating absconded foreign national offenders and irregular migrants; and whether performance targets are in place for reducing the size of the absconder pool.
Answer: The cost of collating information on absconders will depend on a range of variable factors, including the level of detail required and where the information is held. Extracting information from multiple databases and datasets may also involve manual scrut...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of collating information on absconders.
Answer: The cost of collating information on absconders will depend on a range of variable factors, including the level of detail required and where the information is held. Extracting information from multiple databases and datasets may also involve manual scrut...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders and Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential public safety risk posed by foreign national offenders and irregular migrants recorded in the total absconder pool; and what risk categories ar
Answer: The information requested on the number of foreign national offenders (including the previous request under UIN 74872) and irregular migrants who are classified as absconders is not currently available from published statistics. Nor is the breakdown of th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the foreign national offenders included in the total absconder pool have (a) been re-apprehended, (b) been deported and (c) remain untraceable.
Answer: The information requested on the number of foreign national offenders (including the previous request under UIN 74872) and irregular migrants who are classified as absconders is not currently available from published statistics. Nor is the breakdown of th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants in the total absconder pool (a) have been located, (b) have been removed from the UK and (c) remain at large as of the most recent date for which data is available.
Answer: The information requested on the number of foreign national offenders (including the previous request under UIN 74872) and irregular migrants who are classified as absconders is not currently available from published statistics. Nor is the breakdown of th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Parliamentary QuestionsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides guidance to officials on matters to draw to the attention of Ministers when drafting answers to Parliamentary Questions.
Answer: Guidance is provided to officials on how to answer Parliamentary Questions within the Home Office.The Cabinet Office's Guide to Parliamentary Work sets out the timelines and standards that departments should seek to meet. This can be found here:https://as...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she received internal representations on the adequacy of Ministerial replies to Parliamentary Questions on absconders prior to their publication.
Answer: The Secretary of State for the Home Department has no plans to commission an independent review into the Department's handling, recording, and disclosure of absconder data. The Department already undertakes:Regular internal audits and quality assurance ch...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders and Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Answers to Parliamentary written questions on absconded foreign national offenders and irregular migrants.
Answer: The Secretary of State for the Home Department has no plans to commission an independent review into the Department’s handling, recording, and disclosure of absconder data. The Department already undertakes:Regular internal audits and quality assurance ch...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she first became aware of the existence of the total absconder pool dataset.
Answer: The Secretary of State for the Home Department has no plans to commission an independent review into the Department's handling, recording, and disclosure of absconder data. The Department already undertakes:Regular internal audits and quality assurance ch...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when total absconder pool figures were first compiled; and how frequently those figures have been updated since.
Answer: The information requested on the number of foreign national offenders (including the previous request under UIN 74872) and irregular migrants who are classified as absconders is not currently available from published statistics. Nor is the breakdown of th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders and Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) foreign national offenders and (b) irregular migrants are in the total absconder pool by risk category, criminal history and nationality.
Answer: The information requested on the number of foreign national offenders (including the previous request under UIN 74872) and irregular migrants who are classified as absconders is not currently available from published statistics. Nor is the breakdown of th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2025 to Question 74872 on Deportation, whether this remains the case.
Answer: The information requested on the number of foreign national offenders (including the previous request under UIN 74872) and irregular migrants who are classified as absconders is not currently available from published statistics. Nor is the breakdown of th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what evidential basis the Minister of State for Immigration said on 3 September 2025 that her Department does not hold any central record of the requested information on foreign nationals who have
Answer: The information requested on the number of foreign national offenders (including the previous request under UIN 74872) and irregular migrants who are classified as absconders is not currently available from published statistics. Nor is the breakdown of th...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration offenders were released on bail and not detained in each of the last ten years.
Answer: We do not routinely publish the information you have requested. We are unable to provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: ExpenditureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department reviews NHS England expenditure reports relating to the prescribing of puberty blockers for children; and whether (a) financial oversight and (b) risk assessments have been c
Answer: All arms-length bodies, including NHS England, are held to high standards of financial responsibility and publish annual reports and accounts which are laid before Parliament.Gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues, or puberty blockers, have been prescr...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
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