Jess Asato MP: written questions
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Written questions
Children: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, published on 26 November 2024; and what steps she is taking to include
Answer: This government is committed to keeping children safe and to breaking the link between young people’s backgrounds and their success. Reforming children’s social care is critical to giving hundreds of thousands of children and young people the start in lif...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Leavers: Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many care leavers in England claimed Universal Credit between 1 April 2023 and 1 April 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not available. DWP stated routinely collecting data on care leavers claiming UC in February 2022. All new claimants are now given the option of reporting their care leaver status, and work coaches can record existing claimants...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFoster Care: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory minimum fee framework for foster carers.
Answer: I pay tribute to the vital efforts of foster carers, who carry out a challenging role that requires skill, dedication and love. Our policy statement, ‘Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive’ sets out our plans to recruit and retain more foster car...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordThermal Energy Storage: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to provide funding for thermal storage in homes where it is difficult to install a traditional hot water cylinder.
Answer: The Government recognises that thermal storage can be advantageous, because of its smaller physical size, for properties that may struggle to install a traditional hot water cylinder. If installed at the same time as a heat pump, the installation of therm...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHeat PumpsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to provide funding for alternative low carbon technologies in places where it is (a) difficult and (b) expensive to install a heat pump.
Answer: Heat pumps will have a major role to play in all net zero pathways and the Government expects most properties will ultimately switch to heat pumps as these are a proven technology and have been installed in high numbers in other countries.We recognise tha...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPer- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl SubstancesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances where alternatives are available.
Answer: The Government has launched a rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan to deliver on our legally binding targets to save nature. This includes how best to manage chemicals, including the risks posed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)....
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMarine Environment: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl SubstancesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to prevent the proliferation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the marine environment.
Answer: Action has already been taken to ban or highly restrict specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) both domestically and internationally, including PFOS (perfluoro-octane sulfonate), PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and PFHxS (perfluorohexanesulphon...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of recognising (a) non-formal and (b) experiential learning alongside academic achievements in the curriculum review.
Answer: The Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR) is being independently conducted by a group of education leaders (the review group) and chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. The Terms of Reference were published in July 2024.The review has been asked to cons...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPornography: LowestoftDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent children in Lowestoft constituency being exposed to pornography.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act platforms must proactively tackle the most harmful illegal content including extreme pornography, much of which disproportionately affects women and girls. The Act requires services in scope to understand risks from illegal con...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPornography: LowestoftDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the harmful effects of pornography in Lowestoft constituency.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, platforms must proactively tackle the most harmful illegal content including extreme pornography, much of which disproportionately affects women and girls. The Act requires services in scope to understand risks from illegal co...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: LowestoftHome OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent organised crime groups advertising victims of trafficking and other sexual exploitation offences on websites advertising prostitution in Lowestoft consti
Answer: The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has set out an ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all the levers available to us to deliver this. The Govern...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: LowestoftHome OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the scale of commercial sexual exploitation in Lowestoft constituency.
Answer: The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has set out an ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all the levers available to us to deliver this. The Govern...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: LowestoftHome OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation in Lowestoft constituency.
Answer: The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has set out an ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all the levers available to us to deliver this. The Govern...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: LowestoftHome OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provides to help victims of sexual exploitation in Lowestoft constituency exit prostitution.
Answer: The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has set out an ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all the levers available to us to deliver this. The Govern...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordClothing: MicroplasticsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to require retailers to publish data on microplastics used in their clothing.
Answer: The Secretary of State has asked his department to convene a Taskforce of experts from across the Government, industry, academia and relevant NGOs. The Taskforce will help to develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England and a series of roadmaps detaili...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordClothing: Retail TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing a garment trading adjudicator to regulate the purchasing practices of domestic fashion retailers.
Answer: The UK fashion industry is famed for its historic creativity and this government recognises the important role the sector plays both in our domestic economy and on the global stage.It is important to take an evidence-based approach to considering policy o...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordClothing: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the sixteenth report of session 2017-19 of the Environmental Audit Committee entitled Fixing fashion: clothing consumption and sustainability, HC 1952, published on 1
Answer: No recent assessment has been made of the Environmental Audit Committee’s recommendation for a charge on garments to fund collection and sorting services. However, the Secretary of State has asked his department to convene a taskforce of experts from acro...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProtective Clothing: ProcurementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing procurement rules to ensure that NHS medical garments are not linked to forced labour.
Answer: As part of the recommendations from the Department and NHS England’s Review of risk of modern slavery and human trafficking in the NHS supply chain, published in December 2023, it was recommended to lay regulations with a view to eradicate modern slavery,...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProtective Clothing: ProcurementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing stricter sustainability guidelines for medical clothing procurement.
Answer: The Department’s Design for Life Programme is dedicated to the exploration and delivery of a circular economy for medical devices, including consumables, through greater reuse, remanufacture, and recycling. Its work includes exploring regulatory, commerci...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Carbon EmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to integrate the National Programme for a Greener NHS with (a) the use of upcycled and reusable medical garments and (b) other unsustainable initiatives to help the NHS mee
Answer: The National Health Service has committed to reaching net zero by 2045 for the emissions it influences through the goods and services it buys from its partners and suppliers. This includes a greater focus on procuring and using sustainable and reusable me...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: WasteDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made towards setting targets for waste reduction in the NHS.
Answer: In 2023, NHS England published a new Heath Technical Memoranda (HTM) titled Safe and Sustainable Management of Healthcare Waste, as well as a new clinical waste strategy. Further information on the HTM is available at the following link:https://www.englan...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProtective Clothing: RecyclingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a strategy on promoting a circular economy in medical textiles, including targets for the elimination of post-consumer plastic waste.
Answer: The Department’s Design for Life Programme is dedicated to the exploration and delivery of a circular economy for medical devices, including consumables, through greater reuse, remanufacture, and recycling. Its work includes exploring regulatory, commerci...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProtective Clothing: ProcurementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the use of (a) reusable and (b) otherwise sustainable medical garments within the NHS.
Answer: The National Health Service has committed to reaching net zero by 2045 for the emissions it influences through the goods and services it buys from its partners and suppliers. This includes a greater focus on procuring and using sustainable and reusable me...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProtective Clothing: ProcurementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the NHS to procure (a) sustainable and (b) upcycled medical garments.
Answer: The National Health Service has committed to reaching net zero by 2045 for the emissions it influences through the goods and services it buys from its partners and suppliers. This includes a greater focus on procuring and using sustainable and reusable me...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPlastics: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussion with his counterparts in (a) France, (b) Germany and (c) Sweden to learn on steps to reduce plastic waste.
Answer: Defra officials have had discussions with their counterparts in other countries to learn lessons on tackling waste, including plastic waste. For instance, officials have had discussions with the German Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) administrator to assist i...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
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