Rupert Lowe MP: written questions
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Asylum: Personal NamesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have formally changed name since 2015; and how her Department monitors that data.
Answer: All asylum claimants are subject to the Home Office’s mandatory security checks to establish and verify their identity, and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Personal NamesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) record and (b) verify name changes made by asylum seekers (i) during and (ii) after the asylum application process.
Answer: All asylum claimants are subject to the Home Office’s mandatory security checks to establish and verify their identity, and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Health and SafetyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to simplify workplace health and safety requirements for small businesses while maintaining essential protections for workers.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) began a three-year project in 2024 to review its web guidance portfolio and improve accessibility, quality of content, ease of search and navigation, and declutter outdated materials. Improvements achieved after year-...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Environment Protection: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to review (a) agricultural and (b) environmental regulation for (i) food producers and (ii) small farmers.
Answer: Defra’s ambition is to reform the agricultural and environmental regulatory system so that it is fair, clear and effective for food producers, farmers and landowners. We are working closely with the sector to improve regulation so that it is proportionate...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with business organisations on the impact of regulatory compliance costs on (a) profitability and (b) competitiveness.
Answer: Last year the Government launched a Call for Evidence on the UK's regulatory landscape to hear directly from business how regulation could be improved. In March we launched our Action Plan for Regulation, committing to cut administrative costs of regulati...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a one-in, two-out approach to new business regulations; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of
Answer: On 17 March 2025 the government published an Action Plan setting out its approach to regulation and regulators, which made a firm commitment to cut the administrative costs of regulation for business by 25% by the end of the Parliament. This commitment wi...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of regulation on small and medium-sized enterprises since 2010.
Answer: Businesses have told us that regulation can be too complex, stifle progress and innovation and the accumulation of poorly designed regulation over decades is a burden to comply with. Our recently published Action Plan for Regulation will aim to reduce the...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: PoliceHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people without lawful immigration status who have come into contact with the police in the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on producing an estimate of the number of people living in the UK without legal immigration status.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 30 January to Question 25047.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented WorkersTreasuryTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58113More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has made an estimate of the number of people working in the informal economy without legal immigration status; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of illegal working on t
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring the UK border is secure and is increasing enforcement of illegal working practices for those without the right to be here. Furthermore, the government is recruiting an additional 5,500 compliance staff over the next...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: HousingHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people without legal status living in (a) temporary and (b) informal accommodation; and what discussions she has had with local authorities on un
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 30 January to Question 25047.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on suspected illegal migrants attempting to access welfare services.
Answer: The department does not hold data on illegal migrants attempting to access welfare services. People who are in the UK illegally (that is to say people without a valid UK immigration status) are not permitted access to DWP public funds benefits.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: MigrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals accessing NHS services who do not have lawful residency status in the UK; and whether such data is used to inform other estimates
Answer: The Department does not hold or collect the information requested.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: StatisticsHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Office for National Statistics on developing a reliable estimate of the irregular migrant population using available (a) administrative and (b) survey
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 30 January to Question 25047.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the merits of commissioning an independent study to produce an updated estimate of the number of illegal migrants in the UK.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 30 January to Question 25047.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: StatisticsHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she calculates the number of people without legal immigration status.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 30 January to Question 25047.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Removal Centres: CostsHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average cost to the public purse of each immigration detention bed.
Answer: The Home Office currently operates seven Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) throughout the UK, (six in England and one in Scotland) and three residential Short-Term Holding Facilities (STHFs) (one in Northern Ireland and two in England). Additionally, the...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Disclosure of InformationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to require data sharing between NHS Digital and her Department to help identify illegal migrants.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave him on 6 May to Question 47960.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of initiating a (a) cross-Departmental and (b) UK-wide commission into the number of illegal migrants living in the UK.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 30 January to Question 25047.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Disclosure of InformationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a public reporting scheme that offers financial rewards for verified reports of illegal migrants.
Answer: The Home Office already operates an Immigration Enforcement hotline and provides several other routes for members of the public to report information regarding immigration related crime and/or abuse. Over the past three years we have seen an increase in i...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost of deporting one million illegal migrants under existing rules for deportations.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave him on 6 May in response to Question 47960.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the potential merits of taxing remittances to countries that refuse to accept their returned nationals.
Answer: All policy relating to taxation is a matter for the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase the annual budget for immigration enforcement in line with projected growth in removals activity.
Answer: The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented her Spending Review 2025 to Parliament on Wednesday 11 June 2025.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Removal CentresHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration detention beds are available; and what steps she is taking to increase capacity.
Answer: The Home Office currently operates seven Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) throughout the UK, (six in England and one in Scotland) and three residential Short-Term Holding Facilities (STHFs) (one in Northern Ireland and two in England). Additionally, the...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: VATTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 56016More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of VAT (a) registration and (b) compliance on small businesses.
Answer: At £90,000, the UK has a higher VAT registration threshold than any EU country and the joint highest in the OECD. This means the majority of UK businesses are kept out of the VAT system.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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