Jess Asato MP: written questions
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Department for Business and Trade: Domestic AbuseDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has (a) implemented a domestic abuse policy for staff and (b) trained line managers to effectively respond to staff who are experiencing domestic abuse.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade is committed to supporting employees experiencing domestic abuse and has guidance in place that outlines the support available to employees affected by domestic abuse.Line managers complete 'Manager Essentials' traini...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordForced MarriageHome OfficeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases supported by the Forced Marriage Unit in each of the last five years resulted in a referral to the National Referral Mechanism; and what specialist support for girls affected by forced
Answer: The UK is a world leader in the fight to stamp out the harmful practice of forced marriage. The joint Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) has been working to combat forced marriage since 2005. The Forc...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: VictimsHome OfficeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the forthcoming Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and its delivery plan will include (a) funding and (b) measures to improve support for (i) child victims of criminal exploitation (ii)
Answer: The new Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy will set the direction for the next decade, driving forward the Government’s bold ambition to halve VAWG within ten years. We’re working towards publication as soon as possible and I will continue t...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordExploitation: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on improving consistency in identification of child victims of modern slavery by introducing a statutory definition of child crim
Answer: The Home Office is working closely with the Department for Education to improve the identification and response to victims of child criminal exploitation (CCE).As committed to in the Government’s manifesto, we are introducing a new offence of child crimin...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when regulations requiring providers of regulated user-to-user services to report child sexual abuse and exploitation content to the National Crime Agency will (a) be laid and (b) come into force.
Answer: The National Crime Agency (NCA) is responsible for the development and implementation of the Designated Reporting Body (DRB), which will receive reports of CSEA from in-scope user-to-user service providers. The NCA has confirmed that the DRB has been dela...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Sexual Abuse Material: InternetHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the revocation of the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 5) Regulations 2025 on the spread of child sexual abuse material online.
Answer: The National Crime Agency (NCA) is responsible for the development and implementation of the Designated Reporting Body (DRB), which will receive reports of CSEA from in-scope user-to-user service providers. The NCA has confirmed that the DRB has been dela...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No 5) Regulations 2025, due to come into force on 3 November, were revoked on 9 October.
Answer: The National Crime Agency (NCA) is responsible for the development andimplementation of the Designated Reporting Body (DRB), which will receivereports of CSEA from in-scope user-to-user service providers.The NCA hasconfirmed that the DRB has been delayed ...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBiomethaneDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the growth of the biomethane sector.
Answer: Biomethane can play an important role in reducing our reliance on imported fossil fuels, boosting our energy security and helping us accelerate to net zero. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is working with The National Energy System...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBiomethaneDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has considered the assessment of the role of biomethane in the National Energy System Operator’s Future Energy Scenarios.
Answer: Biomethane can play an important role in reducing our reliance on imported fossil fuels, boosting our energy security and helping us accelerate to net zero. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is working with The National Energy System...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBiomethaneDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential role of biomethane in the UK’s transition to (a) a clean power system and (b) in achieving net zero.
Answer: Biomethane can play an important role in reducing our reliance on imported fossil fuels, boosting our energy security and helping us accelerate to net zero. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is working with The National Energy System...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Advisory ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Work Coaches have been trained to understand domestic abuse; and who that training is provided by.
Answer: All staff new to DWP complete learning on Domestic Abuse as part of their induction. Work Coaches then complete role specific learning which includes further learning on domestic abuse which will build their knowledge to develop the relevant skills to hel...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Domestic AbuseCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80066More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the civil service has implemented a policy of paid leave for staff who have experienced domestic abuse.
Answer: The Civil Service is committed to raising awareness of domestic abuse and providing guidance and support to managers and employees in tackling its occurrence and effects. It is for departments to decide their domestic abuse policy and the provision of pai...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Domestic AbuseCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80065More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the civil service has implemented a domestic abuse policy for employees.
Answer: The Civil Service is committed to raising awareness of domestic abuse and providing guidance and support to managers and employees in tackling its occurrence and effects. It is for departments to decide their domestic abuse policy and the provision of pai...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has provided guidance for health and care staff on non-intimate partner coercive and controlling behaviour of older victims.
Answer: All National Health Service staff are required to complete mandatory safeguarding training which includes a focus on violence and abuse. The training reflects the definitions in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and accompanying statutory guidance which include...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department requires health and social care staff in multi-agency safeguarding hubs to receive safeguarding training on the risks of non-intimate partner coercive and controlling behavio
Answer: All National Health Service staff are required to complete mandatory safeguarding training which includes a focus on domestic abuse. Coercive and controlling behaviour is included within the 2021 Domestic Abuse Act’s definition of Domestic Abuse. Staff wi...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department requires mandatory training in coercive and controlling behaviour for health and social care staff in multi-agency safeguarding hubs.
Answer: All National Health Service staff are required to complete mandatory safeguarding training which includes a focus on domestic abuse. Coercive and controlling behaviour is included within the 2021 Domestic Abuse Act’s definition of Domestic Abuse. Staff wi...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Older PeopleHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided guidance for multi-agency staff on non-intimate partner coercive and controlling behaviour of older victims.
Answer: Coercive and controlling behaviour (CCB) is a particularly insidious form of domestic abuse and I recognise the long-term emotional and psychological distress it can cause victims, including older people.Statutory guidance on CCB has been issued to the po...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Older PeopleHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department requires staff in multi-agency safeguarding hubs to receive safeguarding training on the risks of non-intimate partner coercive and controlling behaviour of older victims.
Answer: Coercive and controlling behaviour (CCB) is a particularly insidious form of domestic abuse and I recognise the long-term emotional and psychological distress it can cause victims, including older people.Statutory guidance on CCB has been issued to the po...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department requires mandatory training in coercive and controlling behaviour for all staff in multi-agency safeguarding hubs.
Answer: Coercive and controlling behaviour (CCB) is a particularly insidious form of domestic abuse and I recognise the long-term emotional and psychological distress it can cause victims, including older people.Statutory guidance on CCB has been issued to the po...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ Oral Statement of 30 June 2025 on Welfare Reform, if he will provide a breakdown by (a) location and (b) roles of the additional 6,70
Answer: NHS England publishes monthly data on the National Health Service’s Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) workforce in England. This includes data on the NHS mental health workforce employed by NHS provider trusts and integrated care boards. The in...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSupported Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) deliver long-term financial sustainability for the supported housing sector and (b) prevent the decommissioning of supported housing schemes.
Answer: Commissioning of local housing-related support services is for local authorities. Local authorities are best placed to decide how their funding is spent locally. For 2025-26, the Government has delivered a Settlement that begins to fix the foundations of ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with Homes England on the (a) design and (b) delivery of the 10-year Affordable Homes Programme.
Answer: My Department is working closely with both Homes England and the Greater London Authority to finalise the design of the new Social and Affordable Homes Programme. We will publish a full prospectus in Autumn 2025 and open for bids in the winter.
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of funding his Department is providing to the (a) Best Start in Life strategy and (b) Best Start Family Hubs.
Answer: The Best Start in Life strategy makes it clear that the integration of health services within Best Start Family Hubs is critical to raising the healthiest generation of children ever, and to ensuring that every child has a happy and healthy start to life....
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChild RearingDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's policy paper Giving every child the best start in life strategy, published on 7 July 2025, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that parenting support delivered as pa
Answer: As part of the ‘Giving every child the best start in life’ strategy, the department is investing in evidence-based parenting and home learning environment (HLE) interventions delivered through Best Start Family Hubs. These programmes are designed to suppo...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Domestic Abuse and Sexual OffencesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing statutory guidance to NHS commissioning bodies to ensure that they commission counselling and psychotherapy professionals to provide
Answer: The Department is working with the Home Office and other partners across the Government on a new strategy to tackle violence against women and girls. There are no current plans to issue any such guidance to National Health Service commissioners.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
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