Jo Platt MP: written questions
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Employment: NeurodiversityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to support people with neurodiverse conditions into the workplace.
Answer: We recognise that neurodivergent people face particular barriers to employment, which is reflected in a poor overall employment rate. In our plan to Make Work Pay, we committed to raising awareness of neurodiversity in the workplace and across wider socie...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: VeteransDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help armed forces veterans access mental health support in Leigh and Atherton constituency.
Answer: NHS England commissions Op COURAGE, the integrated mental health and wellbeing service, which allows veterans to make self-referrals. The Op COURAGE North service, run by the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, covers the Leigh an...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Tax EvasionTreasuryTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30782More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to tackle tax evasion in vape shops.
Answer: The Government recognises that sometimes businesses do not declare all of their income and thereby conceal their true earnings. We are committed to creating a level playing field for all, by ensuring that everyone pays the right amount of tax at the right...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTransportDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a regional transport strategy to improve connectivity between towns.
Answer: Transport doesn’t stop at local authority boundaries. It is therefore important that transport is also considered at a regional level to provide context for transport schemes and help improve connectivity between areas. In England, regional transport stra...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCourt OrdersHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential merits of introducing mandatory minimum sentences for individuals in breach of protective orders.
Answer: Minimum sentences are rare in England and Wales and are only provided in legislation for certain offences where there is a particular concern.It is the function of the court to decide the sentence in each case subject to the maximum that Parliament has pr...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInfectious Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a centre of excellence for care and research for infection-associated chronic conditions.
Answer: We do not anticipate setting up a new centre of excellence for care and research specifically for post-viral or infection-associated conditions. The Department funds research on post-viral conditions through the National Institute for Health and Care Rese...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordME/CFS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to allocate additional funding towards the Government's myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue delivery plan.
Answer: There are currently no plans to allocate additional funding towards the myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue (ME/CFS) final delivery plan. The ME/CFS final delivery plan continues to be developed.The plan will focus on improving research, attitudes...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January to Question 22097 on Drugs: Organised Crime, what steps she is taking to tackle cuckooing.
Answer: The Government is clear that cuckooing is an appalling practice associated with violence, exploitation and anti-social behaviour.Through the County Lines Programme we are targeting exploitative drug dealing gangs, including those who take over the homes o...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal PressDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how (a) the Local News Commission and (b) other similar organisations will be able to contribute to the development of her planned local media strategy.
Answer: We have been working across Government as the Local Media Strategy develops and are also engaging with key external stakeholders, from industry, academia, civil society and local government. Officials have already met with the Public Interest News Foundat...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGivinostatDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) NHS England and (b) ITF Pharma UK on the provision of (i) resources and (ii) guidance to NHS trusts to enable them to take part in the Early Access Progr
Answer: ITF Pharma UK, the United Kingdom marketing authorisation holder for givinostat, is providing access to givinostat through a type of compassionate use scheme called an Early Access Programme (EAP). Under the EAP, givinostat is free to both patients taking...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGivinostatDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that all eligible NHS Trusts participate in the early access programme for givinostat.
Answer: ITF Pharma UK, the United Kingdom marketing authorisation holder for givinostat, is providing access to givinostat through a type of compassionate use scheme called an Early Access Programme (EAP). Under the EAP, givinostat is free to both patients taking...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: PlanningCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27175More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the Resilience Review has incorporated input from the voluntary and community sector; and what steps he plans to take to facilitate ongoing collaboration in resilience planning and response.
Answer: The Cabinet Office recognises the valuable role that the voluntary and community sector can play in all aspects of resilience. The Cabinet Office has ensured that contributions from a range of Voluntary, Community, and Faith sector representatives have be...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: PlanningCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27174More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that the findings of the Government's Resilience Review (a) reflect the specific needs of and (b) engage with (i) people on low incomes, (ii) people who face discrimination and
Answer: Disproportionate impacts and vulnerability is a key focus of the Cabinet Office-led review of our approach to resilience. We are engaging with charitable, faith and other representative organisations to understand how the reduction and prevention of dispr...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional funding and resources will be allocated to local authorities to implement the recommendations of the Government's Resilience Review.
Answer: The Resilience Review is considering established practices and policies to support UK resilience against the full spectrum of risks we face. It is evidence based and is identifying what should be kept, changed or improved to ensure we are best prepared no...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: 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
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