Jess Asato MP: written questions
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Internet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on whether Ofcom has established whether Meta carried out a risk assessment before the recent roll out of its new AI image-generation feature; an
Answer: It is essential that AI providers keep users safe. The Online Safety Act requires regulated services to assess and mitigate risks to users, including protecting all users from illegal content, and children from content which is harmful or age-inappropriat...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordParliament's Education Service: FinanceHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6216More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to ensure that the outcomes from the Savings and Improvements Programme adequately support the continued delivery of Pa
Answer: The Commission has considered the changes to the education outreach model proposed by the Chamber and Participation Team. These changes have also been considered by the Administration Committee and the Lords Services Committee.The proposed continued suppo...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordChamber and Participation Team: FinanceHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6214More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the adequacy of planned levels of future funding for the Chamber and Participation Team’s Outreach Team.
Answer: The Commission has considered the Chamber and Participation Team’s proposed changes to the educational outreach model. These changes have also been considered by the Administration Committee and Lords Services Committee. A formal consultation with affecte...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWomen: InternetDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has taken steps to support platform compliance with Ofcom’s Guidance, A Safe Life Online for Women and Girls, and what discussions she has had with the Minister for Women an
Answer: The Secretary of State has been clear that the government expects platforms to implement Ofcom's guidance by the end of the year and has engaged directly with platforms to communicate this message. Ofcom plans to publish a report on platform's compliance ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWomen: InternetDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Ofcom’s Guidance, A Safe Life Online for Women and Girls, and whether the Guidance will be sufficient to reduce the risks wom
Answer: The Online Safety Act provides world-leading protections against non-consensual intimate image abuse. The Government strengthened these by introducing a duty requiring platforms to remove NCII within 48 hours of a valid user report.Ofcom published updated...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordInternet: Gender Based ViolenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to allocate funding from Ofcom’s fines to platforms for failure to comply with the Online Safety Act 2023 to organisations working to end violence against w
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, fines imposed by Ofcom are paid into the Consolidated Fund, in line with standard practice across its regulatory functions. This ensures funds are distributed in accordance with overall government priorities, which may include...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of AI innovations increasing violence against women and girls.
Answer: We are determined to keep women and girls safe from the ever-evolving threat of criminal misuse of artificial intelligence. Accurately estimating the cost to the public purse of AI-enabled violence against women and girls (VAWG) is difficult given uncerta...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIntimate Image AbuseDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an estimate of how much money online platforms receive from image-based sexual abuse channels on their services.
Answer: Non-consensual intimate images (NCII) are completely unacceptable and tackling this abuse is a priority for this government. Under the Online Safety Act, services must assess for the risk of NCII, take steps to prevent this content appearing and removing ...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordIntimate Image Abuse: Financial ServicesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the report by AI Forensics entitled ‘Harassment as Infrastructure’, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of payment providers fa
Answer: The Online Safety Act places clear duties on in-scope services to tackle illegal content, including non-consensual intimate image abuse, backed by Ofcom’s strong enforcement powers. Where services fail to comply, Ofcom can seek Business Disruption Measure...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Gender Based ViolenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will bring forward an AI Bill that ensures the safety of current and emerging AI products to help tackle the harms of tech-facilitated gender-based violence.
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls, including online, is a government priority. The Online Safety Act (OSA) establishes a strong regime requiring in-scope AI services to tackle illegal content and protect children from harmful content. However, we’...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: Intimate Image AbuseDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department has taken to support platform compliance with Ofcom's guidance entitled A Safe Life Online for Women and Girls; and by what metrics she plans to measure the im
Answer: The Secretary of State has been clear that the government expects platforms to implement Ofcom's guidance by the end of the year and has engaged directly with platforms to communicate this message. Ofcom plans to publish a report on platform's compliance ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: Intimate Image AbuseDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of Ofcom’s guidance entitled A Safe Life Online for Women and Girls in reducing the risks of non-consensual intimate image
Answer: The Online Safety Act provides world-leading protections against non-consensual intimate image abuse. The Government strengthened these by introducing a duty requiring platforms to remove NCII within 48 hours of a valid user report.Ofcom published updated...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTelegram: Gender Based ViolenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has had discussions with Ofcom on the likely categorisation of Telegram; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of that categorisation on the ri
Answer: Assessment and designation of services against the categorisation threshold conditions is a statutory duty for Ofcom. The regulator plans to publish the register of categorised services and to launch consulting on the relevant additional duties in July. I...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: Speech and Language DisordersDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Best Start in Life Family Hubs will include families with children aged 2 and under at risk of developing speech and language challenges.
Answer: Best Start Family Hubs focus on pregnancy and the early years,including the 1,001 critical days from conception to age 2,while also welcoming all families with older children up to age 19 (or 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabili...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Speech and Language DisordersDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that Initial Teacher Training equips new teachers to deliver adaptive teaching for children with speech and language challenges.
Answer: Initial teacher training (ITT) courses must encompass the Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework (ITTECF) in full. The ITTECF sets out a minimum entitlement to training for all new teachers and, following a review, now contains significantly ...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTeachers: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason initial teacher training bursaries have been withdrawn for (a) Music, (b) Art & Design and (c) Religious Education for the 2026–27 financial year.
Answer: Initial teacher training (ITT) bursaries are offered to incentivise more applications to ITT courses. As such, we review bursaries annually to take account of several factors, including recruitment to date, forecast economic conditions, and teacher need i...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordReligion: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to engage with the (a) National Association of Teachers of Religious Education and (b) Religious Education Council on the RE curriculum.
Answer: The purpose of teaching on religious education (RE) is to help pupils understand the wide range of religions and beliefs, including non-religious beliefs, that exist in our country and the wider world. A consequence of high-quality teaching can be the dev...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordReligion: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides guidance to schools to use religious education to promote respect, tolerance, and community cohesion.
Answer: The purpose of teaching on religious education (RE) is to help pupils understand the wide range of religions and beliefs, including non-religious beliefs, that exist in our country and the wider world. A consequence of high-quality teaching can be the dev...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCovid-19 InquiryDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to implement Recommendation 7 in the Module 2 Report of the Covid-19 Inquiry, published on 20 November 2025.
Answer: The government does not intend to introduce legislation to make Child’s Rights Impact Assessments a statutory requirement at this time.The department is working closely with Cabinet Office and other government departments to strengthen the consideration o...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCare LeaversDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish an annual assessment of care leavers' experiences of education, training and employment destinations, housing status and criminal justice involvement.
Answer: The department knows care leavers have some of the worst long-term life outcomes in society. We are determined to address this so that all care leavers have support to build enduring relationships and stable homes.Through the Children’s Wellbeing and Scho...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCare Leavers: EqualityDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has a strategy for reducing inequalities experienced by care-experienced children and young people.
Answer: The department knows care leavers have some of the worst long-term life outcomes in society. We are determined to address this so that all care leavers have support to build enduring relationships and stable homes.Through the Children’s Wellbeing and Scho...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTruancy: ProsecutionsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission an analysis of areas with the highest levels of prosecutions for truancy, to examine the contributing social, economic, and institutional factors, to help inform evidence-based policy res
Answer: The department conducts analysis of data received via its Parental Responsibility Measures for Attendance data collection, which provides information on the national use of legal interventions to improve school attendance, including prosecutions, by local...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTruancy: ProsecutionsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to help to minimise the potential impact on mothers who are prosecuted for their child’s truancy from school.
Answer: Absence is one of the biggest barriers to success for children and the government is committed to improving attendance through a support first approach.The Working Together to Improve School Attendance statutory guidance sets out clear expectations for sc...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTruancy: ProsecutionsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact on mothers who are prosecuted for their child’s truancy from school.
Answer: Absence is one of the biggest barriers to success for children and the government is committed to improving attendance through a support first approach.The Working Together to Improve School Attendance statutory guidance sets out clear expectations for sc...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking: Criminal InvestigationHome OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any police forces have instigated an investigation into trafficking crimes committed as part of the Epstein scandal.
Answer: The National Police Chiefs’ Council has established a national coordination group and has appointed a senior investigator to support forces in reviewing the extensive material and progressing any resulting investigations.
Answered 16 Mar 2026
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