Written questions

Jess Asato

169 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Feb 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Gender Based Violence: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking with the Northern Ireland Executive to help tackle violence against women and girls.

27 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of additional NHS spending announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 will be directed towards NHS dental services.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of an application for Universal Credit automatically triggering a claim for Council Tax Support.

6 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Financial Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) banks and (b) financial services providers increase access to (i) products and (ii) services through the Financial Inclusion Strategy.

28 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Financial Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the impact of financial exclusion on (a) care experienced and (b) older people.

28 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, published on 26 November 2024; and what steps she is taking to include

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Care Leavers: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many care leavers in England claimed Universal Credit between 1 April 2023 and 1 April 2024.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory minimum fee framework for foster carers.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Thermal Energy Storage: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to provide funding for thermal storage in homes where it is difficult to install a traditional hot water cylinder.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to provide funding for alternative low carbon technologies in places where it is (a) difficult and (b) expensive to install a heat pump.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances where alternatives are available.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Environment: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to prevent the proliferation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the marine environment.

9 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of recognising (a) non-formal and (b) experiential learning alongside academic achievements in the curriculum review.

9 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Pornography: Lowestoft

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent children in Lowestoft constituency being exposed to pornography.

9 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Pornography: Lowestoft

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.

9 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Lowestoft

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

9 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Lowestoft

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.

9 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Lowestoft

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.

9 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Lowestoft

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.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Clothing: Microplastics

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.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Clothing: Retail Trade

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.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Clothing: Waste Disposal

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