Tonia Antoniazzi MP: written questions
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Cannabis: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to medical cannabis on the NHS.
Answer: Licensed cannabis-based medicines are routinely funded by the NHS where there is clear evidence of their quality, safety and effectiveness. Two licensed cannabis-based medicines are available for prescribing on the NHS, but more research is required on un...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: Youth ServicesHome OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential role of youth services in (a) preventing and (b) tackling violence against women and girls.
Answer: The Government has set an ambitious target to halve VAWG in a decade. To achieve this, we must reduce the current levels of offending and reoffending but also prevent abuse from happening all together.The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy w...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordData, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent ReviewDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will publish the Sullivan Review.
Answer: In line with the Concordat to Support Research Integrity, the government recognises the importance of transparency with publicly-funded research. As such, we expect the report to be published shortly.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpirits: Government AssistanceTreasuryTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24910More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking with the devolved Administrations to support independent distilleries across the UK.
Answer: Alcohol duty is a reserved matter. The reformed alcohol duty system was introduced in August 2023 and taxes alcohol in a progressive manner, ensuring higher strength products pay proportionately more duty. This approach is supported by public health expor...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpirits: Government AssistanceTreasuryTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24909More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of new measures to help ensure that independent distilleries in rural areas receive adequate support to help foster economic growth.
Answer: Alcohol duty is a reserved matter. The reformed alcohol duty system was introduced in August 2023 and taxes alcohol in a progressive manner, ensuring higher strength products pay proportionately more duty. This approach is supported by public health expor...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpirits: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24908More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing small distilleries' relief to help support independent distilleries from 1 February 2025.
Answer: Alcohol duty is a reserved matter. The reformed alcohol duty system was introduced in August 2023 and taxes alcohol in a progressive manner, ensuring higher strength products pay proportionately more duty. This approach is supported by public health expor...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpirits: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24907More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of levels of excise duty on spirits on distilleries from 1 February 2025.
Answer: Alcohol duty is a reserved matter. The reformed alcohol duty system was introduced in August 2023 and taxes alcohol in a progressive manner, ensuring higher strength products pay proportionately more duty. This approach is supported by public health expor...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic GovernmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the (a) reliability, (b) accuracy and (c) consistency of personal identity data on sex held by (i) HM Passport Office, (ii) the Driver and Vehicle Licensi
Answer: The digital verification services (DVS) framework seeks to create rules for how those services operate. The DVS framework doesn’t create new ways to determine a person’s sex or gender. Nor does it intervene with how government departments record and store...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Regulation (EU) 2023/956 on Northern Ireland in the context of the terms of the Windsor
Answer: The Government plans to apply the UK CBAM across the whole UK, including Northern Ireland, from 2027. The UK will continue to work with international partners, including the EU, to ensure our approach is implemented in a way that works for businesses.The ...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24463More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the full introduction of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Regulation on Northern Ireland under the terms of the Windsor Framework.
Answer: The Government plans to apply the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) across the whole UK, including Northern Ireland, from 2027. The UK will continue to work with international partners, including the EU, to ensure our approach is implemented in...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPornography ReviewHome OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Science and Technology on publication of the independent Pornography Review.
Answer: I met with Baroness Bertin, Chair of the Independent Pornography Review, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Minister Davies-Jones, Parliamentary Under Secretary...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPornography ReviewDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his Department's timetable is for publishing the independent Pornography Review led by Baroness Bertin.
Answer: The Independent Pornography Review assesses the effectiveness of current pornography legislation, regulation, and enforcement. It is an important area of interest for this government.The Review has now just concluded. The government is assessing its findi...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: LondonderryNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps he has taken to support the expansion of university provision in Derry/Londonderry under the terms of the New Decade, New Approach agreement.
Answer: As part of our mission-led approach, this Government is committed to working with the Northern Ireland Executive to address regional economic imbalances, including through good university provision in the North West. The Derry & Strabane City and Regi...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCricket: AfghanistanDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the England and Wales Cricket Board on the England Cricket team's participation in the championship trophy match with Afghanistan.
Answer: The UK Government condemns the appalling erosion of women and girls’ rights in Afghanistan. Sport operates independently of government, and participation in the ICC Champion’s Trophy match is a matter for the England and Wales Cricket Board and the Intern...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the ongoing closure of Holyhead Port on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Answer: Ferry travel between Dublin and Holyhead continues to be severely affected by closure due to damage inflicted by Storm Darragh on Holyhead until it reopens early next year. The direct effect is on crossings between the UK and the Republic of Ireland thoug...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Afghan counterpart on the treatment of women and girls in that country.
Answer: We have repeatedly condemned Taliban restrictions on women and girls' rights, both bilaterally and internationally. As the Foreign Secretary has said, exclusion of women from all aspects of public life is a tragic setback for Afghanistan.Officials from th...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTaliban: MedicineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Taliban's decision to (a) ban women from medical training and (b) prohibit male medics from
Answer: The UK is deeply concerned at reports of a ban on women accessing medical training in Afghanistan. We strongly condemn this and urge the Taliban to reverse this decision. Female health workers are critical to treating women-focused health issues such as r...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordProstitution: GowerHome OfficeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Minister for Women and Equalities on taking steps to prevent people being sexually exploited on websites advertising prostitution in Gower constituency.
Answer: The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has set out an unprecedented mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all the levers available to us to deliver thi...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: WalesMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department holds data on Welsh prisoners by (a) sex, (b) ethnicity, (c) socio-economic background, (d) offence type, (e) sentence type and (f) local authority.
Answer: HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) cannot identify Welsh prisoners because English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish nationalities are not captured separately on the central data system. UK nationals are all recorded as British.HMPPS can provide da...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: WalesMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department holds data on the number of Welsh people in the prison system.
Answer: HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) cannot identify Welsh prisoners because English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish nationalities are not captured separately on the central data system. UK nationals are all recorded as British.HMPPS can provide da...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSports: Gender Based ViolenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls entitled Violence against women and girl
Answer: We note the UN Special Rapporteurs's report and support the aim of promoting safe sporting environments for women and girls. We are dedicated to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, have ac...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: FinanceTreasuryTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15258More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the merits of the application of the Barnett formula in Wales, in the context of HS2 spending.
Answer: The Barnett formula is simple, efficient and provides a clear and certain outcome. This is why it has stood the test of time.The result of Barnett formula is that the Welsh Government is receiving at least 20% more funding per person than equivalent UK Go...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of an offence under Section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in Gower since that Act was introduced.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of defendants convicted under Section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.This can be obtained by selecting HO offence code ‘16702 – Paying or promising to pay a person to provide sexual services, where...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordProstitution: GowerDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on taking steps to help prevent people being sexually exploited on websites advertising prostit
Answer: Ministers have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a wide range of issues, including protecting people from illegal activity online. The Online Safety Act gives online platforms new duties to tackle illegal content and activity on their service...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordProstitution: GowerHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of women who are being advertised for sexual exploitation on websites advertising prostitution in Gower.
Answer: The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has set out a mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all the levers available to us to deliver this ambition. We ...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
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