Jess Asato MP: written questions
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Written questions
Pupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of work by third-sector organisations to (a) support families of children struggling with school attendance and (b) tackle the root causes of low
Answer: This government is committed to tackling school absence, including through our attendance guidance, our national enforcement framework and engagement with schools, local authorities and the third sector.The ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of non-attendance sanctions.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling school absence, including through our attendance guidance, our national enforcement framework and engagement with schools, local authorities and the third sector.The ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing school-based whole family support practitioners to support the SEND system.
Answer: This government wants to create a high-quality system that places children and families at the centre of its design, providing meaningful and consistent support for families as their needs change over time. Schools, colleges, early years and childcare set...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the implementation across (a) schools and (b) local authorities of its working together to improve school attendance guidance; and whether she has plans to r
Answer: This government is committed to tackling school absence, including through our attendance guidance, our national enforcement framework and engagement with schools, local authorities and the third sector.The ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the charity School-Home Support report entitled Strengthening the bridge between home and school, published on 26 November 2024; an
Answer: This government is determined to tackle the generational challenge of school absence, which is a fundamental barrier to learning and life chances. Missing school regularly is harmful to a child’s attainment, safety and physical and mental health, limiting...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has plans to halve the number of non-decent homes in the (a) social and (b) private sector by 2030.
Answer: The government will consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.The Deputy Prime Minister is part of the ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce, which is aiming to publish a Child Poverty Strategy in Spring...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of unfurnished homes on (a) prison leavers, (b) people escaping domestic violence and abuse and (c) people that cannot
Answer: The Department does not collect data on the number of households living without essential furniture.Local authorities have a statutory duty to provide appropriate support in safe accommodation for domestic abuse victims who need to flee their homes.Emerge...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFurniture PovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had engagement with the Child Poverty Taskforce on (a) furnished tenancies and (b) the potential impact of the decent homes standard on trends in the level of fur
Answer: The government will consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.The Deputy Prime Minister is part of the ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce, which is aiming to publish a Child Poverty Strategy in Spring...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of updating the decent homes standard to ensure that at least 10% of homes for social rent are offered furnished.
Answer: The government will consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.The Deputy Prime Minister is part of the ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce, which is aiming to publish a Child Poverty Strategy in Spring...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricians: Vocational EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to calculate the number of experienced adult learners undertaking electrical training via the (a) experienced worker route and (b) an equivalent national vocational qualifica
Answer: Adult, those aged over 19 years old, government-funded further education and skills learning in England is recorded on the individualised learner record and published in the ‘Further education and skills’ statistics publication. In the 2023/24 academic ye...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricians: Vocational EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to help students studying classroom-based electrical technical diplomas transition into the electrical workforce.
Answer: The department is looking at ways of improving the transition rate from further education (FE) courses into construction sector jobs. This includes through the defunding of low-quality courses through the qualifications review.The department is also worki...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking with the Northern Ireland Executive to help tackle violence against women and girls.
Answer: Last year seven women were killed in Northern Ireland, and rates of violence are higher in Northern Ireland than in the rest of the UKLast month, I was pleased to welcome the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls to Northern Irela...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of additional NHS spending announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 will be directed towards NHS dental services.
Answer: The National Health Service in England invests £3 billion into dentistry every year. NHS England is responsible for issuing guidance to integrated care boards (ICBs) on dental budgets, including ringfences. NHS England Planning Guidance for 2025/26 has no...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Council TaxDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of an application for Universal Credit automatically triggering a claim for Council Tax Support.
Answer: Council Tax Support is administered by the Local Authority and is not a DWP benefit, therefore before we have determined entitlement to Universal credit, it is not appropriate for the department to trigger a claim for Council Tax Support automatically. A ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: DisadvantagedTreasuryTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18436More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) banks and (b) financial services providers increase access to (i) products and (ii) services through the Financial Inclusion Strategy.
Answer: On 5 December, I convened a Financial Inclusion Committee which has been established to tackle the problems of financial exclusion. Through this committee, I will work with consumer groups and industry on the development of a Financial Inclusion Strategy....
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: DisadvantagedTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16774More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the impact of financial exclusion on (a) care experienced and (b) older people.
Answer: Ensuring people have access to appropriate financial products and services is a key priority for the Government and is vital to supporting people’s financial resilience and wellbeing. It is also an essential part of achieving inclusive growth and ensuring...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: 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
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