Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Attorney General's Office: Mental HealthAttorney GeneralTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94420More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff in their Department have been on mental health leave for six months or more; and for what reason.
Answer: Cabinet Office publishes sickness absence data for the Civil Service on an annual basis, including by organisation and by absence reason. I refer you to the statistics publicly available which can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/si...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChurches: VandalismHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on the nationality or immigration status of people arrested for offences committed against churches.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion and will not tolerate anti-Christian hatred in any form.The Home Office does not hold arrest or crime data specifically relating to Christian places of wo...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChurches: VandalismHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests and prosecutions have resulted from reported offences against churches in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion and will not tolerate anti-Christian hatred in any form.The Home Office does not hold arrest or crime data specifically relating to Christian places of wo...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChurches: VandalismHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department records crimes committed against churches, chapels and other places of Christian worship as a distinct offence category.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion and will not tolerate anti-Christian hatred in any form.The Home Office does not hold arrest or crime data specifically relating to Christian places of wo...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChurches: VandalismHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded offences involving vandalism, arson, burglary, or hate-motivated attacks were committed against Christian places of worship in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion and will not tolerate anti-Christian hatred in any form.The Home Office does not hold arrest or crime data specifically relating to Christian places of wo...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChurches: VandalismHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to conduct a national review into criminal attacks on churches and Christian heritage sites.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting the right of individuals to freely practise their religion and will not tolerate anti-Christian hatred in any form.The Home Office does not hold arrest or crime data specifically relating to Christian places of wo...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: AdvocacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department consulted (a) Stonewall, (b) Mermaids and (c) other advocacy organisations at any stage during the (i) design, (ii) approval, and (iii) communication of the PATHWAYS trial.
Answer: Children’s healthcare must always be evidence-led. That’s why we are following expert, independent advice from the Cass Review to implement a package of research to find out how the National Health Service can best support children and young people with g...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: Civil ProceedingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Pathway puberty-blocker trial on future legal claims by participants.
Answer: Children’s healthcare must always be evidence-led. That’s why we are following expert, independent advice from the Cass Review to implement a package of research to find out how the National Health Service can best support children and young people with g...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing HormonesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with Kings College London on the potential merits of pausing recruitment to the new Pathway puberty-blocker trial until an independent panel considers the findings of th
Answer: Children’s healthcare must always be evidence-led. That’s why we are following expert, independent advice from the Cass Review to implement a package of research to find out how the National Health Service can best support children and young people with g...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on the capacity of children aged between 11 and 15 to consent to medical trials related to puberty blockers.
Answer: Children’s healthcare must always be evidence-led. That’s why we are following expert, independent advice from the Cass Review to implement a package of research to find out how the National Health Service can best support children and young people with g...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing HormonesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of de-transitioners reporting harm from puberty blockers; and whether his Department considered this data as part of its approval of the trial.
Answer: There is currently no registry in place in the United Kingdom that routinely collects data that is specific to individuals who choose to detransition at any point following a previous medical intervention for gender reassignment.Last month, NHS England pu...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has obtained legal advice on whether putting minors on puberty blockers constitutes a breach of child-safeguarding duties.
Answer: Children’s healthcare must always be evidence-led. That’s why we are following expert, independent advice from the Cass Review to implement a package of research to find out how the National Health Service can best support children and young people with g...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of 16 were administered puberty blockers, including through (a) clinical trials and (b) private routes in each of the last five years; and what adverse effects were
Answer: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists or ‘puberty blockers’ are used to treat several medical conditions in children and young people. These can include precocious puberty, some forms of cancer, and endometriosis. They have been used outside of their li...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in CareDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to provide a breakdown of (i) the total number (ii) the age of children taken into care in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The latest figures on the number of children taken into care for reasons of court orders or police protection, emergency or child assessment orders in England by age are shown in the attached table.The latest figures on all children starting to be looked ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-contributory Benefits: Foreign NationalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has considered restricting access to non-contributory benefits for non-UK nationals until they have completed a minimum qualifying period of lawful residence and tax contribution.
Answer: On 20 November my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary launched a consultation on proposals for a fairer pathway to settlement, the point at which foreign nationals generally gain access to public funds. These plans include doubling the standard qualifyin...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Fraud and MaladministrationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish an annual breakdown of benefit fraud and error by nationality and immigration status of the claimant.
Answer: The Monetary Value of Fraud and Error Statistics are not disaggregated by nationality and immigration status.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: MigrantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that individuals whose immigration status no longer entitles them to public funds are automatically removed from benefit systems; and how many such removals have t
Answer: Universal Credit systems carry out daily automatic checks against Home Office data to identify any changes in immigration status, and subsequently, DWP caseworkers stop claims where the individual no longer has an immigration status that permits recourse ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of benefit fraud identified in the last five years involved individuals whose immigration status was later found to be (a) overstayer, (b) illegal entrant or (c) failed asylum seeker.
Answer: The Monetary Value of Fraud and Error Statistics are not disaggregated by nationality and immigration status.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: AsylumDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with (a) asylum seeker status, (b) refused asylum seeker status and (c) no lawful immigration status are in receipt of benefit support; and what the annual cost of that support is.
Answer: People without valid UK immigration status are prohibited from accessing public funds benefits, including asylum seekers and those refused asylum in the UK. People with a pending asylum application may be able to claim asylum support provided by the Home ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department routinely records the nationality and immigration status of claimants in cases of proven benefit fraud.
Answer: The Monetary Value of Fraud and Error Statistics are not disaggregated by nationality and immigration status.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of identified benefit fraud cases in which the claimant was a non-UK national in the last five years.
Answer: The Monetary Value of Fraud and Error Statistics are not disaggregated by nationality and immigration status.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Foreign NationalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the value of benefit expenditure paid to non-UK nationals in the last financial year by benefit type.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Foreign NationalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-UK nationals are in receipt of (a) Universal Credit, (b) legacy working-age benefits and (c) child-related benefits by nationality.
Answer: The Department publishes Universal Credit (UC) immigration status and nationality statistics as part of the Universal Credit statistics publication. These statistics can be found on https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/universal-credit-statistics-29-a...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Fraud and MaladministrationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of savings from halving levels of benefit fraud and error by 2030.
Answer: Since Autumn Budget 2024, including the new announcements at Autumn Budget 2025, the Government have committed to gross savings of £14.6bn up to the end of 2030/31 from fraud, error and debt activity in Great Britain. Estimates of the levels of fraud and ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department were employed in tackling benefit fraud in (a) 2025 and (b) 2020.
Answer: Since Autumn Budget 24, including the new announcements at Autumn Budget 25, the Government have committed to gross savings of £14.6bn up to the end of 2030/31 from fraud, error and debt activity in GB. The Government is committed to ensuring that public ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
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