Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Offenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average amount of time that elapsed between the arrival in the UK of foreign nationals who go on to offend and the date of their offence by nationality in the last
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave on 27 November to his Question UIN 15076.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence Equipment: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment produced in China his Department has bought at what cost to the public purse in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) welcomes foreign trade where it allows us to provide our Armed Forces with the equipment they require, meets our stringent legal and regulatory requirements and does not compromise our national security. Defence utilises Chin...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) introduce more thorough age assessments for irregular migrants and (b) reassess the age of all 16-17 year old irregular migrants in the UK.
Answer: I refer the Honourable member to the answer I gave on 22nd October to question UIN 9190.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Transport Police: Body SearchesDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that women can only be strip-searched by British Transport Police officers who were female at birth.
Answer: The British Transport Police (BTP) is operationally independent. Chief Constables must ensure that their force policies comply with all legal obligations, including under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and Equalities Act 2010.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordShoplifting: ProsecutionsHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13342 on Shoplifting Prosecutions, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) number of people who avoided charges and (b) value of goods l
Answer: It is not possible to estimate the number of people who have avoided criminal sanctions, or the value of items stolen, as a result of the effective immunity on shoplifted goods under £200 introduced by the last Government.However, this Government will sen...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of planned foreign aid by country for 2025.
Answer: We are committed to transparency and will separately publish the FCDO's planned Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations for FY2024/25 and FY2025/26 in due course.The FCDO reports annually on the UK's calendar year ODA expenditure for the previou...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people whose application for asylum was initially refused were subsequently granted asylum in the last 15 years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on initial and latest outcomes of asylum claims is published annually in table Asy_D04 of the ‘Outcome analysis of asylum applications detailed dataset...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that asylum seekers do not fraudulently use sexual orientation as part of the basis of their claim.
Answer: If any individual Is found not to require the protection for which they have claimed asylum, then their claim will be refused.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of (a) Magistrate Court, (b) Crown Court and (c) County Court trials that have collapsed due to (i) delay and (ii) error by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of
Answer: We have interpreted this question as an estimate of the proportion of ineffective trials at the criminal courts that have not gone ahead on the day as planned in the last 5 years. We do not hold data that details delay or error by the Crown Prosecution Se...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Child Measurement ProgrammeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost is of (a) the National Child Measurement Programme and (b) feedback letters relating to that Programme.
Answer: The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) is a mandatory public health function of local authorities, and collects data on the weight status of children aged four to five years old, who would be in reception, and 10 to 11 years old, who would be in ...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Telephone ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls within the NHS were translated by each language code in each of the last ten years; and what the cost was to the public purse in each of those years.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information centrally.
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordJobcentres and Universal Credit: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to her Department on (a) universal credit and (b) Jobcentre Plus were translated by language code in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to her Department was for each type of ca
Answer: The tables attachment shows the volume of calls translated by language code since 2021 together with the associated costs. Please note, this information is not available for the last 10 years and also the data is not available by (a) universal credit or (...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of irregular migrants in (a) contingency and (b) dispersal accommodation broken down into (i) single and (ii) multiple occupancy rooms, in the lates
Answer: Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, by local authority and accommodation type, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent stats release: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a n...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with what companies for what services at what cost to the public purse her Department has contracts relating to (a) dispersal and (b) contingency accommodation for asylum seekers.
Answer: Information about contracts worth over £12,000 (including VAT) agreed by the Government and its agencies is available at: Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report a...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contractors provide what services related to irregular migration at what cost to the public purse.
Answer: Information about contracts worth over £12,000 (including VAT) agreed by the Government and its agencies is available at: Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report a...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: AgricultureForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that no foreign aid is spent on overseas farmers.
Answer: Internationally, agriculture and food systems play an important role in tackling poverty and hunger, addressing climate change and driving economic growth. They contribute to global food security and help ensure stable, sustainable and resilient global fo...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: PupilsHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether officials from her Department are responsible for collecting irregular migrants attending school at the end of each day.
Answer: No.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: DA LanguagesCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15632More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was paid to DA Languages by all Departments in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not hold information relating to other Departments’ expenditure. The Cabinet Office has not incurred any spend with DA Languages in each of the last ten years.
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 14 November to Question 14378 on NHS Translation Services what the (a) cost for translation of and (b) percentage of communications in each language in e-RS communication
Answer: The e-RS translated letters are based on standard templates, so NHS England only pays translation costs when the templates change, or when they add additional languages. The cost incurred in the last five years is £4,213, which breaks down as:¾ £780 as of...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHospital Beds: Foreign NationalsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14365 on Hospital Beds: Foreign Nationals, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the occupation of hosp
Answer: There are no plans to collect this data centrally; it is for National Health Service trusts to manage bed occupancy regardless of whether the patient is chargeable or not.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 14376 on Health Services: Translation Services, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the number of (a) GP a
Answer: The Department has not made, and has no plans to make, an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the cost of translation and interpretation services incurred by general practices (GPs).The Department has also not made, and has no plans t...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14197 on General Practitioners: Translation Services, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the cost of
Answer: The Department has not made, and has no plans to make, an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the cost of translation and interpretation services incurred by general practices (GPs).The Department has also not made, and has no plans t...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNon-crime Hate IncidentsHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14367 on Non-Crime Hate Incidents, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on non-crime hate incidents.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering next steps relating to the recording of non-crime hate incidents.
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to use (a) section 24(1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 and (b) section 2 of the Asylum & Immigration Act 2004 to stop people entering the country via small boats.
Answer: The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 amended Section 24(1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971, to introduce tougher criminal offences for those attempting to enter the United Kingdom (UK) illegally or found to be facilitating illegal immigration.Since the Act...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will encourage local authorities with (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation housing irregular migrants to impose (i) Public Space Protection Orders and (ii) Community Protection Notices around
Answer: It is for each relevant agency to decide how best to effectively implement PSPOs and CPNs in their local areas depending on the specific circumstances they are dealing with. The Home Office has published statutory guidance to support local areas to make e...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
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