Jess Asato MP: written questions
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Written questions
Pornography: 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
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish a strategy for the promotion of a circular economy.
Answer: The Secretary of State has asked his Department to prioritise the development of a Circular Economy Strategy for England, to be published in 2025.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTextiles: RecyclingTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6939More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) VAT reductions, (b) tax breaks and (c) other financial incentives for businesses engaged in (i) upcycling and (ii) the sustainable production of textiles
Answer: The Government has inherited a challenging fiscal position, with debt near 100% of GDP and borrowing more than double what it was before the pandemic. In addition to this, a Treasury audit in July 2024 revealed an additional £21.9 billion pressure on depa...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTextiles: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has targets for the (a) recycling and (b) reuse of textiles.
Answer: The Secretary of State has asked his department to convene a taskforce of experts from across Government, industry, academia and relevant non-governmental organisations. The Taskforce will help to develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England and a seri...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPlastics: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has targets for the elimination of post-consumer plastic waste.
Answer: The Government is committed to moving to a circular economy for plastics - a future where we keep our resources in use for longer; waste is reduced; we accelerate the path to net zero, we see investment in critical infrastructure and green jobs; our econo...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTextiles: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to reduce the amount of post-consumer textiles discarded annually.
Answer: The Secretary of State has asked his department to convene a taskforce of experts from across Government, industry, academia and relevant non-governmental organisations. The Taskforce will help to develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England and a seri...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote a circular economy.
Answer: To enable delivery of a Circular Economy Strategy for England, the Secretary of State has asked his department to convene a taskforce of experts from industry, academia, civil society, and the civil service.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: Community DevelopmentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the Community Benefits guidance for electricity transmission network infrastructure will be published.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring that communities who live near new clean energy infrastructure can see the benefits of this and are currently considering how to most effectively deliver this. This includes developing guidance on community benefits for electr...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Appointments: Parental LeaveCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6933More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on (a) maternity and (b) paternity leave for public appointments.
Answer: There is a wide variety of public appointments which are made by Ministers. Typically they consist of non-executive positions of a public body, or a member of an advisory committee. A person appointed to such a position is an office holder. Office holders...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth: WeatherDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged 65 and over have been hospitalised for illnesses caused by cold weather in each of the last five years.
Answer: While the information on hospital admissions is not available in the format requested, NHS England publishes data on the number of admissions due to external causes, including exposure to excessive natural cold. The following table shows the number of fin...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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