Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Driving Tests: PersonationDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has identified any driving test centres with unusually high rates of suspected impersonation.
Answer: To ensure Great Britain’s roads remain among the safest in the world, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has robust measures in place to stop people using false identities when taking a driving test, to prevent illegitimate licences being issu...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Proof of IdentityDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what disciplinary measures are in place for driving examiners who fail to follow ID verification protocols.
Answer: To ensure Great Britain’s roads remain among the safest in the world, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has robust measures in place to stop people using false identities when taking a driving test, to prevent illegitimate licences being issu...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of impersonation or fraudulent driving tests have been detected in the past five years.
Answer: To ensure Great Britain’s roads remain among the safest in the world, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has robust measures in place to stop people using false identities when taking a driving test, to prevent illegitimate licences being issu...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Proof of IdentityDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what training and refresher courses are provided to driving test examiners to spot impersonation attempts.
Answer: To ensure Great Britain’s roads remain among the safest in the world, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has robust measures in place to stop people using false identities when taking a driving test, to prevent illegitimate licences being issu...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Proof of IdentityDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how often are driving test examiners audited to ensure they are following ID verification procedures prior to an examination.
Answer: To ensure Great Britain’s roads remain among the safest in the world, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has robust measures in place to stop people using false identities when taking a driving test, to prevent illegitimate licences being issu...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Proof of IdentityDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what checks are required of examiners when verifying photo ID before a driving test begins.
Answer: To ensure Great Britain’s roads remain among the safest in the world, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has robust measures in place to stop people using false identities when taking a driving test, to prevent illegitimate licences being issu...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (i) nurses (ii) doctors (iii) midwives entering the NHS were (a) non-UK citizens (b) non-UK graduates in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number and proportion non-United Kingdom citizens entering the National Health Service. NHS England publishes monthly Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics for England which includes da...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: MigrantsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many non-British people received 15 hours of free childcare in the last financial year.
Answer: The requested information on nationality is not held by the department.Information on children under 5 registered for government funded entitlements in England and on providers and staff delivering them, is published in the ‘Funded early education and chi...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, to provide a breakdown in the total value of student loan repayments received by (i) non-UK nationals and (ii) UK nationals in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: The following table gives the Student Loan Company (SLC) payments in millions for the 2020/21 to 2024/25 financial years and covers Fee Loans and Maintenance Loans (full time and part time) for undergraduates only domiciled in England, Wales, Northern Ire...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the total number and proportion of road collisions involving uninsured drivers that were caused by non-UK citizens in each of the last five years.
Answer: My Department does not hold the number and proportion of collisions involving uninsured drivers that were caused by non-UK citizens. Nor do we have information on the number of uninsured drivers that are non-UK citizens. The Road Traffic Act 1988 require...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of uninsured drivers that are non-UK citizens.
Answer: My Department does not hold the number and proportion of collisions involving uninsured drivers that were caused by non-UK citizens. Nor do we have information on the number of uninsured drivers that are non-UK citizens. The Road Traffic Act 1988 require...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for the total number of people, broken by nationality, on the Department's Person of Interest List concerning individuals involved with taking payment to take driving tests on a third party's behalf.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) does not capture any information on nationalities at either the theory or practical driving tests. The DVSA has robust measures in place to stop people using false identities when taking a driving test. At th...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91618More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 89231 on Cabinet Office: Social, which channels were (a) contracted and (b) paid by his Department in the last financial year.
Answer: Please see below Cabinet Office spend by social platform from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025: SupplierNet Media SpendMeta£791,705.41LinkedIn£325,259.65Reddit£13,888.89Snapchat£54,812.17TikTok£65,494.21Grand Total£1,251,160.33
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: AssessmentsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many IELTS testing centres have been investigated, suspended, or removed from the UKVI-approved list due to suspected malpractice since 2020.
Answer: The Home Office only permits the use of UKVI approved centres that meet the standards under the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) contracts and does not have responsibility or oversight of the IELTs network which is a separate arrangement to SELT con...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: AssessmentsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the use of proxy test-takers or impersonation at IELTS centres overseas.
Answer: The Home Office only permits the use of UKVI approved centres that meet the standards under the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) contracts and does not have responsibility or oversight of the IELTs network which is a separate arrangement to SELT con...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: AssessmentsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what systems her Department has in place to verify the authenticity of IELTS certificates submitted with visa and immigration applications.
Answer: The Home Office only permits the use of UKVI approved centres that meet the standards under the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) contracts and does not have responsibility or oversight of the IELTs network which is a separate arrangement to SELT con...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: AssessmentsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of fraudulent IELTS certificates have been identified by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) in each of the last five years.
Answer: The data is only available at disproportionate cost.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: AssessmentsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any data is held by his Department on the number of applicants who submitted invalid or forged IELTS results as part of higher education or visa applications.
Answer: The Home Office only permits the use of UKVI approved centres that meet the standards under the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) contracts and does not have responsibility or oversight of the IELTs network which is a separate arrangement to SELT con...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: AssessmentsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many IELTS test centres operating abroad were suspended or de-authorised in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office only permits the use of UKVI approved centres that meet the standards under the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) contracts and does not have responsibility or oversight of the IELTs network which is a separate arrangement to SELT con...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: AssessmentsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the integrity of International English Language Testing System test centres operating abroad.
Answer: The Home Office only permits the use of UKVI approved centres that meet the standards under the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) contracts and does not have responsibility or oversight of the IELTs network which is a separate arrangement to SELT con...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: AssessmentsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fraudulent International English Language Testing System certificates were detected by her Department in each of the last five years.
Answer: The data is only available at disproportionate cost.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average International English Language Testing System scores were for internationally recruited healthcare professionals entering the NHS via the international recruitment programme in eac
Answer: The Department does not collect data on repeat International English Language Testing System (IELTS) attempts or average test scores for National Health Service staff. Information on English language competence for professional registration is held by the...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of internationally recruited NHS workers were required to retake the International English Language Testing System more than once to meet employment eligibility criteria between 202
Answer: The Department does not collect data on repeat International English Language Testing System (IELTS) attempts or average test scores for National Health Service staff. Information on English language competence for professional registration is held by the...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will establish a limit on the proportion of foreign national officers that may be employed by each police force.
Answer: Decisions about police recruitment, including how recruitment and selection processes are run, are a matter for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners and are therefore managed locally by forces. This is done within a national application, as...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: English Language and Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proportion of police officers that are of foreign nationality or non-native English speakers on public confidence in police
Answer: Decisions about police recruitment, including how recruitment and selection processes are run, are a matter for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners and are therefore managed locally by forces. This is done within a national application, as...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
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