Jo Platt MP: written questions
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Written questions
Emergencies: PlanningCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27172More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on long-term funding and resource allocations for cross-government resilience work; and how these agreements will support the delivery of the Gove
Answer: The Spending Review will set resource or day-to-day departmental budgets until 2028-29 and capital departmental budgets until 2029-30. I and my Cabinet Office officials engage regularly with HM Treasury to support the Spending Review, the outcomes of whic...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-molestation OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to (a) financially and (b) emotionally support victims of domestic abuse (i) when seeking a non-molestation order and (ii) in other circumstances, in the context of seeking a n
Answer: It is incredibly important that victims of domestic abuse get the support they need to apply for protective orders. The Ministry of Justice funds FLOWS (Finding Legal Options for Women Survivors), a free and confidential service delivered by RCJ Advice, w...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: CopyrightDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU rights reservation mechanisms for Artificial intelligence and copyright.
Answer: The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024.This consultation is seeking views on a similar approach to the EU’s, which many AI firms and right holders are already familiar with. However, we recognise that there is more wo...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will introduce transparency obligations on Artificial intelligence firms to disclose material used to train models.
Answer: The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024.This consultation seeks views on a number of issues relating to copyright and AI. It sets a clear objective of achieving proportionate transparency from AI developers over the cr...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: CopyrightDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has conducted a market impact assessment for the options in the open consultation entitled Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, published on 17 December 2024.
Answer: The Government published the consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024. Prior to its publication, the Government considered a range of approaches to clarify copyright law and meet its objectives for AI innovators and the creative industries. Furth...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: CopyrightDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that proposed copyright exemptions for Artificial intelligence training will lead to inward investment.
Answer: The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024. This consultation is seeking views on how to promote growth and investment in both the creative industries and AI sector - both of which are essential parts of the Government’s ...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: CopyrightDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to develop technical standards to enable rightsholders to reserve rights if they opt-out of training generative artificial intelligence models.
Answer: The Government published a consultation on Copyright and AI in December 2024.This consultation proposes a new regulatory model for text and data mining, and seeks views on creating an effective rights reservation system.The implementation of any text and ...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to standardise the use of Pathological Demand Avoidance for autism diagnosis.
Answer: Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) is most often understood as a characteristic of, or observed in, some autistic people, but professional consensus on its status is still required. PDA is not a recognised and stand-alone diagnosis within the Diagnostic ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEqual Pay: Social ClassDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to help tackle class pay gaps in the private sector.
Answer: We are committed to delivering better life chances for all - breaking the link between background and success. The National Minimum Wage has been one of the most successful economic policy interventions over the last quarter of a century. In 2024, the per...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBiotechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans he has to work with regional upper tier authorities to coordinate public-private initiatives for development in the sustainable biomanufacturing sector; and if he will make a
Answer: DSIT is considering how Engineering Biology could play a role in driving sustainable growth through the Industrial Strategy, which will be published in Spring 2025 by HMT and DBT. Regional growth is a key objective of the Industrial Strategy, and DSIT wil...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicalsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to review the UK Chemical Strategy.
Answer: Delivery of a Chemicals Strategy was a commitment set by the previous Government and is being considered as part of our rapid review of the Environmental Improvement Plan.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBiotechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to create a taskforce to develop a sustainable biomanufacturing strategy.
Answer: DSIT does not currently have plans to create a taskforce to develop a sustainable biomanufacturing strategy. DSIT is considering how Engineering Biology could play a role in driving sustainable growth through the Industrial Strategy, which will be publish...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLong Covid: ClinicsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future of Long Covid clinics.
Answer: Commissioning of post-COVID-19 services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards.At a national level, NHS England is currently undertaking a stocktake, commissioned in September 2024 and due to complete at the end of this month, that will pro...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to regulate the advertising of vapes in local vape shops on high streets so that they do not appeal to children.
Answer: We know that vapes and other nicotine products are being deliberately branded and advertised to appeal to children. This must be stopped to protect future generations from being hooked on nicotine. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill has been introduced to Parliam...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) statutory requirements and (b) guidance exist for (i) local authorities and (ii) schools to prevent children with special education needs becoming Children Missing Education.
Answer: The department recognises that barriers to attendance are wide and complex, and this is particularly true for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Addressing these requires a support-first approach and strong relationships betwee...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to mandate local authorities to collect information on special educational needs disaggregated by primary need.
Answer: Information on the primary and secondary need of pupils in school with both an education, health and care (EHC) plan and who have special educational needs (SEN) support is collected via the school census. The school census is a statutory return and colle...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to expand the statutory definition of Children Missing Education to include children with special educational needs not receiving adequate education.
Answer: The department conducted a call for evidence from 18 May to 20 July 2023 on ‘Improving support for children missing education’, to understand the sector’s current approach to identifying and supporting children missing education (CME). The department’s re...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Markets UnitDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Digital Markets Unit can make effective market interventions.
Answer: On 1 January the pro-competition regime for digital markets entered into force. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will operate the regime, as the UK’s principal independent competition regulator. The Government has designed and implemented the r...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInformation Commissioner's OfficeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the enforcement practices of the Information Commissioner's Office cohere with the regulatory duties of that Office.
Answer: Although DSIT acts as the ICO’s sponsor within government, it is an independent regulator and accountable to Parliament. It is not appropriate for Government to comment on how it exercises its regulatory duties.The ICO publishes details of its enforcement...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDatabases: RegulationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how the Data (Use and Access) Bill will ensure that publishers can access data effectively when ensuring regulatory compliance.
Answer: When processing personal data organisations, including publishers, must comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. If publishers are providing online services, then they may also be required to comply with requ...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: TrappingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made implications for his policies of the risks to companion animals in England posed by the use of snare traps.
Answer: The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 prohibits the setting of snares in England where they are likely to catch non-target species such as companion animals. Anyone using snares also has a responsibility under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to ensure that th...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to monitor the success of the Household Support Fund in reaching (a) unpaid carers and (b) other financially vulnerable households.
Answer: Local Authorities have the discretion to design their own local schemes within the parameters of the guidance and grant determination that the Department for Work and Pensions have set out for the fund. This is because they have the ties and the knowledge...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to assess levels of poverty among unpaid carers; and what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of unpaid carers who live in poverty.
Answer: Unpaid carers play a vital role in supporting elderly or disabled relatives or friends. Sometimes unpaid carers will need to turn to the benefit system for financial support, so it is right that we keep Carer’s Allowance under review, to see if it is meet...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCarers: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the rise in employer National Insurance Contributions on (a) local carer support organisations and (b) their ability to provide support to unp
Answer: To enable local authorities to support key services such as adult social care, the Government will make up to £3.7 billion of additional funding available for social care authorities in 2025/26, which includes an £880 million increase in the Social Care G...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to implement the fresh approach to supporting unpaid carers recommended by the Darzi Review.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that families have the support that they need. We want to ensure that people who care for family and friends are better able to look after their own health and wellbeing.We have already taken action to support unpai...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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