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Written questions by Lowe.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Rupert Lowe this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (2,564)Home Office (919)Department of Health and Social Care (276)Ministry of Justice (222)Department for Work and Pensions (147)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (136)Department for Education (131)Treasury (122)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (115)Cabinet Office (106)Department for Transport (93)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (58)Ministry of Defence (54)

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10 Jul 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

Whether schools are required to make relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) teaching materials available for parental scrutiny.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

10 Jul 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

What role Ofsted plays, if any, in assessing schools' compliance with statutory guidance on relationships, sex and health education (RSHE).

Reply

Awaiting answer.

10 Jul 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

What mechanisms exist to provide an independent review of decisions by the Student Loans Company to recover alleged outstanding loan balances arising from administrative errors by public bodies; and whether she has assessed the adequacy of those mechanisms in cases where borrowers were previously informed that their accounts had been settled.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

10 Jul 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

Whether her Department's guidance permits schools to make participation in school events, trips, and extracurricular activities conditional on achieving a minimum attendance rate.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

10 Jul 2026·Department for Education·Pending
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What oversight and accountability arrangements are in place to regulate the content of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in schools.

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Awaiting answer.

10 Jul 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

What procedures exist for investigating complaints concerning the content of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) taught in schools.

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Awaiting answer.

26 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

What guidance her Department provides to schools that allow members of the public to attend open days or events on school premises on (a) (i) statutory and (ii) non-statutory safeguarding requirements, (b) iden

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Awaiting answer.

26 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Pending
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How many children of asylum seekers are enrolled in state-funded (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and whether such data is available by region and local authority.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

26 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

What guidance her Department provides to schools on (a) the use of pupils to accompany or guide visitors during open days or events, and (b) ensuring such interactions are supervised where visitors have not bee

Reply

Awaiting answer.

11 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Pending
Asked

Whether guidance is issued to schools on assessing the eligibility of pupils to wear kirpans on school premises.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

20 Apr 2026·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

Pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 123974, what the average annual value of Student Loans Company loan receipts was for each nationality of borrower, in each academic year from 2020/21 to 2024/25.

Reply

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

20 Apr 2026·Department for Education·Answered
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Pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 123974, how many Student Loans Company loan receipts there were, by nationality of borrower and level of qualification, in each academic year from 2020/21 to 2024/25.

Reply

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

20 Apr 2026·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

How many borrowers made their first recorded repayment against a Student Loans Company loan balance, by nationality of borrower, in each academic year from 2020/21 to 2024/25.

Reply

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

20 Apr 2026·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

Pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 123974, what the total value of Student Loans Company loan payments was to borrowers of each nationality, in each academic year from 2020/21 to 2024/25.

Reply

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

20 Apr 2026·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

Pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2026 to Question 123974, how many first‑time recipients of Student Loans Company loans there were, by nationality of borrower, in each academic year from 2020/21 to 2024/25, defined as borrowers entering the first year of their course of study.

Reply

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

15 Apr 2026·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

What estimate her Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of (a) maintaining, (b) reviewing and (c) administering the Alternative Student Finance model, including advisory services, system maintenance, compliance monitoring and equivalence assurance.

Reply

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

15 Apr 2026·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

What contingency plans her Department has to ensure repayments for standard student loans and the Alternative Student Finance model remain equivalent if repayment outcomes diverge.

Reply

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

15 Apr 2026·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

Whether her Department plans to publish annual data comparing repayment outcomes under the Alternative Student Finance model and the standard student loan system; and if she will make an estimate of the cost of producing such data.

Reply

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

15 Apr 2026·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

Whether her Department or the Student Loans Company have entered into (a) contracts, (b) memoranda of understanding and (c) advisory agreements with Islamic finance advisory organisations regarding the Alternative Student Finance model.

Reply

Details of the department's previous engagements may be accessed on GOV.UK’s ‘Contracts Finder’ tool, which is available at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search.Details of any future commercial engagements, including contracts, will be published on GOV.UK in line with standard arrangements.

15 Apr 2026·Department for Education·Answered
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Whether her Department plans to maintain ongoing engagement with Islamic finance advisory bodies to review the continued sharia compliance of the Alternative Student Finance model.

Reply

Details of the department's previous engagements may be accessed on GOV.UK’s ‘Contracts Finder’ tool, which is available at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search.Details of any future commercial engagements, including contracts, will be published on GOV.UK in line with standard arrangements.

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