Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
1189 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Prisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of foreign national offenders released in error were awaiting deportation at the time of release in each of the last five years.
Answer: We regularly publish information on releases in error but this does not show how many of these releases relate to foreign nationals or the proportion of such offenders who were awaiting deportation at the time of release.The Government is determined to fi...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the public is notified when a foreign national offender is mistakenly released from custody.
Answer: The Government is determined to fix the issue of mistaken releases and ensure the public is properly protected.We are focused on fixing release and discharge processes and have already brought in the strongest ever release checks with more direct senior a...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department tracks the locations of foreign national offenders following release.
Answer: Foreign national offenders (FNOs), if not detained under immigration powers, are released on licence at the conclusion of the custodial element of their sentence, under the supervision of the Probation Service.They are subject to licence conditions to pro...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: AsylumMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the the mistaken release of asylum seekers convicted of criminal offences on public safety.
Answer: The Government is determined to fix the issue of mistaken releases and ensure the public is properly protected.We are focused on fixing release and discharge processes and have already brought in the strongest ever release checks with more direct senior a...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: AsylumMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department have faced disciplinary action following the mistaken release of asylum seekers convicted of criminal offences in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what processes are in place to prevent the accidental release of foreign national offenders from prisons.
Answer: The Government is determined to fix the issue of mistaken releases and ensure the public is properly protected.We are focused on fixing release and discharge processes and have already brought in the strongest ever release checks with more direct senior a...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals have been released from prison in error in each of the last five years.
Answer: We regularly publish information on releases in error but this does not show how many of these releases relate to foreign nationals or the proportion of such offenders who were awaiting deportation at the time of release.The Government is determined to fi...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRemittancesTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88045More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of how much money was sent abroad in remittance payments in 2024 by destination country.
Answer: The Treasury does not collect or report data on the flow of remittances out of the UK and has not under previous governments.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals released through the early release scheme were foreign nationals.
Answer: This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. On 10 September 2024, the Government therefore took the unavoidable step to move the release point...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordJudicial Conduct Investigations Office: ComplaintsMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been made to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office on (a) bias against and (b) unfair treatment of fathers in family law proceedings in the last five years.
Answer: Our judges swear an oath to act "without fear or favour, affection or ill will". Judges make decisions based on the evidence and arguments presented to them, applying the law as it stands.To uphold the important principle of judicial independenc...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the average cost to fathers of pursuing access to children through the family court system; and whether he plans to make that process more affordable.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice holds data on child arrangements that might help answer the questions relating to:The number of custody arrangements ordered by family courts that resulted in the father being granted equal or majority care of the child in the last...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCustodyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of fathers prevented from seeing their children following court proceedings in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice holds data on child arrangements that might help answer the questions relating to:The number of custody arrangements ordered by family courts that resulted in the father being granted equal or majority care of the child in the last...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFathers: Government AssistanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will commission a cross-departmental review across (a) justice, (b) education and (c) welfare on (i) improving support for and (ii) empowering fathers in maintaining active roles in children’s l
Answer: The Ministry of Justice holds data on child arrangements that might help answer the questions relating to:The number of custody arrangements ordered by family courts that resulted in the father being granted equal or majority care of the child in the last...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: FathersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS (a) maternity wards and (b) perinatal services treat fathers as active participants in the birth process.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has committed to putting the voices of families, including fathers, at the heart of the approach to improving quality, safety and accountability in maternity services.Baroness Amos’ independent national in...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCustodyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) prevalence and (b) potential impact of parental alienation on fathers’ ability to maintain a relationship with their children.
Answer: The Government does not recognise the concept of “parental alienation” syndrome and does not think it is capable of diagnosis and has therefore not undertaken an assessment of the prevalence of “parental alienation” or its impact on fathers’ ability to ma...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) fathers and (b) mothers received legal aid support in family court proceedings relating to child custody and access in the last five years.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally held.
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCustodyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for fathers seeking access to their children through the family courts after a separation.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice holds data on child arrangements that might help answer the questions relating to:The number of custody arrangements ordered by family courts that resulted in the father being granted equal or majority care of the child in the last...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCustodyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of custody arrangements ordered by family courts that resulted in the father being granted equal or majority care of the child in the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice holds data on child arrangements that might help answer the questions relating to:The number of custody arrangements ordered by family courts that resulted in the father being granted equal or majority care of the child in the last...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 38250 on Health Services: Foreign Nationals, what the ten nationalities with the highest total unpaid invoices were in 2023-24.
Answer: The Department does not currently have any plans to reassess or revise charging categories. Introducing additional charging categories would likely be disproportionate and not aid in improving cost recovery.While the Department holds information on the in...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRemittances: TaxationTreasuryTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87523More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of annual tax loss from untaxed remittances sent abroad by non-UK nationals.
Answer: The UK imposes taxes based on individual’s residence status. Individuals who are resident in the UK are typically taxable on their income and gains that arise worldwide. Remitting funds outside of the UK is not generally considered to be a chargeable even...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: FirearmsHome OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers are qualitied to use firearms in each year since 2018.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the number of armed officers, and the proportion of armed officers relative to the total number of police officers, in the statistical publication on the police use of firearms.The latest avai...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much income was generated through charges for category f patients in each financial year since 2018-19; and how much aggregate income identified for the 2018-19 financial year was written off.
Answer: The Department does not currently have any plans to reassess or revise charging categories. Introducing additional charging categories would likely be disproportionate and not aid in improving cost recovery.While the Department holds information on the in...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Translation ServicesMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) translators and (b) interpreters have worked in the prison estate since 2018; and what the total cost to the public purse was for their services.
Answer: HMPPS uses translation services provided under contract. These services provide translation by phone and do not require translators to physically come onto the prison estate. There may be specific occasions where in person translators are required but we ...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: LeisureMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish (a) all recreational activities provided to inmates and (b) the total cost to the public purse for providing those activities in (i) HMP Maidstone, (ii) HMP Huntercombe and (iii) HMP Morton Hal
Answer: The requested data is not held centrally and could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: MuslimsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of the NHS Muslim network in each of the last five years for which data is available.
Answer: As of August 2025, there are 1.54 million staff employed by NHS trusts and integrated care boards in England. Over 89,000, or 5.8%, report Islam as their religion.Staff networks are not allocated budgets but can apply for funding to support activities whi...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →