Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Fathers: 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 recordNHS: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of splitting charging category A patients ordinarily resident in the UK and (a) asylum seeker and (b) failed asylum seeker under section 95 of
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 recordDriving LicencesDepartment for TransportTabled 31 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 87145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84798 on Driving Licences, how many code 70s were issued in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The number of GB driving licences issued in exchange for a licence issued in a non-UK country (which will have code 70 shown on the licence) in each of the last ten years is shown in the table below:Calendar YearNumber of non-GB licences exchanged for a ...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 87144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with non-UK nationality worked in the NHS by nationality in each of the last 25 years.
Answer: NHS England publishes data on the nationality of the National Health Service Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce in England.Data on the nationality of NHS staff includes a time-series from September 2009 until the latest quarter, with t...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: FathersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 87143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve the quality of stay for fathers in the maternity ward.
Answer: When a mother chooses to have support from the father or partner during labour, birth, and in the postnatal period, the father or partner should feel welcome to stay with her. Where possible, fathers or partners are offered a chair or fold up bed to enabl...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 87142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints there have been relating to NHS staff in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Data on complaints made by, or on behalf of, patients about National Health Services provided by NHS trusts, general practices, and/or dental practices is collected and published annually. It is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 87141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was paid in compensation by the NHS by the reason for that compensation in each of the last ten years.
Answer: This information is available on the NHS Resolution website at the following link:https://resolution.nhs.uk/resources/annual-statistics/
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the total value of unpaid invoices to Category F patients.
Answer: The Department does not hold or collect the information requested. Guidance on identifying category F patients is available in the Guidance for Charging Overseas Visitors in England for Providers of NHS services, at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/g...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides on identifying Category F patients.
Answer: The Department does not hold or collect the information requested. Guidance on identifying category F patients is available in the Guidance for Charging Overseas Visitors in England for Providers of NHS services, at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/g...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total number of Category F patients receiving emergency care was in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold or collect the information requested. Guidance on identifying category F patients is available in the Guidance for Charging Overseas Visitors in England for Providers of NHS services, at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/g...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many e-RS communications were sent to category F patients in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not available. The term "Category F patient" is not a classification used within the National Health Service e-Referral Service (e-RS) for patient status or priority.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: VATTreasuryTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86908More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the economy of compliance with VAT regulations for small businesses.
Answer: VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies to most goods and services. The UK’s VAT rate of 20 per cent is close to the OECD average of 19.3 per cent. The UK has a higher VAT registration threshold than any EU count...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86907More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the administrative cost of collecting Inheritance Tax as a proportion of total revenue.
Answer: The figure for the cost of collecting Inheritance Tax (pence per pound collected) for 2024/25 is 0.78. This means as a proportion of total Inheritance Tax revenue, the administrative cost of collecting Inheritance Tax was 0.78% in that year.
Answered 7 Nov 2025
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