Rupert Lowe

13 May 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of successful visa applicants required no proof of English language proficiency in the last five years.

13 May 2025 · Home Office

Migrants: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of English language proficiency on long-term integration outcomes for migrants.

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Taxis: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to increase the frequency of spot checks on taxi and private hire drivers to identify people working illegally.

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Taxis: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people working as (a) private hire and (b) taxi drivers are subject to immigration status checks; and how many enforcement actions have been taken ag

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Taxis: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to local licensing authorities on checking the (a) right-to-work and (b) immigration status of applicants for (i) taxi and (ii) private hire vehicle licences.

12 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Festivals and Special Occasions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the days of (a) cultural and (b) religious significance publicly marked by the Prime Minister (i) since 4 July 2024 and (ii) for the next 12 months.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Treasury

Treasury: Translation Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

12 May 2025 · Attorney General

Attorney General's Office: Translation Services

To ask the Solicitor General, if they will make it their policy to not provide (a) translation and (b) interpretation for speakers of non-UK languages for services provided by their Department.

9 May 2025 · Home Office

Radicalism: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under active surveillance for potential extremist activity are foreign nationals; and what proportion of those people entered via asylum routes.

9 May 2025 · Home Office

Terrorism: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals with (a) settled and (b) asylum status have been convicted of terrorism-related offences since 2010.

9 May 2025 · Department for Education

English Language: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England had a majority of pupils without English as a first language in (a) the most recent year for which figures are available and (b) 2005.

9 May 2025 · Department for Education

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost per pupil was of providing English as an Additional Language support in state schools in the most recent academic year.

9 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infectious Diseases: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of communicable diseases were recorded in new arrivals to the UK in the last five years by visa status.

9 May 2025 · Treasury

National Insurance and Taxation: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) income tax, (b) VAT and (c) National Insurance revenue was generated by non-UK nationals in the last 10 years; and what information her Department holds on the proportion of public spending on

9 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of grooming gang convictions since 2005 have involved perpetrators born outside the UK.

9 May 2025 · Home Office

Offenders: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people deported for criminal offences in the last five years had previously been granted (a) asylum and (b) humanitarian protection.