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1738410

registered interest
date	31/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution: Gower
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Gower.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	12093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2024 answer text <p>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 of the levers available to us to deliver this.</p><p>The Government is working closely with law enforcement to tackle the drivers of trafficking for sexual exploitation, including through operational intensifications to target perpetrators, and we are working closely with the voluntary and community sector to help victims. We have several ways to estimate the scale of sexual exploitation. Victims of sexual exploitation make up a significant proportion of referrals to the National Referral Mechanism (the framework for identifying and referring potential victims of modern slavery to appropriate support). The most recent statistics show that in 2023, sexual exploitation accounted for 10% (1,679) of all referrals, a 2% increase from the previous year, with 9% (1,470) of referrals relating to women. The Home Office does not hold data specific to Gower. However, between January and June 2024, there were 7 potential victims of modern slavery referred to the NRM who reported (either part or whole) sexual exploitation which was disclosed as occurring in West Glamorgan.</p><p>To help support people at risk of being sexually exploited, Changing Lives has received £1.36m from the Home Office over three years (2022-2025) for their Net-Reach project, which provides online outreach, early intervention and intensive support for women and girls at high-risk of exploitation and abuse.</p><p>In addition, the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract provides support to adult potential and confirmed victims of modern slavery in England and Wales. This support includes a support worker to help them access support services, including medical treatment, legal aid, legal representatives, and legal advice.</p><p>Online platforms are a significant enabler of sexual exploitation. The Online Safety Act 2023 sets out priority offences, including sexual exploitation and human trafficking offences, and companies will need to adopt measures and put in place systems and processes to identify, assess and address these offences based on a risk assessment.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips question first answered 07/11/2024 13:57:05 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1737426

registered interest
date	28/10/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of availability of the Warm Home Discount to named account holders only.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	11308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2024 answer text <p>The Warm Home Discount is a rebate on energy bills received by over 3m households where an eligible individual, their partner or their legal representative is named on the energy account. To provide support on this scale, it is paid directly into energy accounts in the majority of cases. Those who are not eligible for the Warm Home Discount may be eligible for support from other government schemes or the wider support offered through the Warm Home Discount.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 05/11/2024 07:27:32 answering member 5099
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1737427

registered interest
date	28/10/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure vulnerable people are able to access financial support with energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	11309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring energy bills are affordable for all consumers, especially the most vulnerable. The Government is continuing to deliver the Warm Home Discount which provides a £150 rebate off energy bills to eligible low-income households.</p><p> </p><p>I recently met with suppliers and encouraged them to build on the Voluntary Debt Commitment from last year and go further in supporting vulnerable customers this winter.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also extended the Household Support Fund for an additional six months until 31 March 2025 with an extra £500 million in funding, and I encourage any vulnerable individual who is struggling to pay their bills contacts their local authority to see if they are eligible for this support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 05/11/2024 07:26:21 answering member 5099
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1737428

registered interest
date	28/10/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available for vulnerable people who meet the financial threshold for the Warm Home Discount but are not the named bill payer.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	11310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2024 answer text <p>The Warm Home Discount is a rebate on energy bills, usually paid into the bill payer’s account. Where an individual is not named on the bill, the rebate may still be paid if their partner or legal representative is named. The scheme also funds wider support, including a grant scheme for occupiers of park homes and programmes providing energy efficiency advice and measures. Those not benefiting from the rebate may be eligible for other government programmes, current schemes include the Energy Company Obligation, the Great British Insulation Scheme, the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, and the Home Upgrade Grant.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 05/11/2024 07:24:27 answering member 5099
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1735733

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police National Computer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the PNC system in apprehending wanted individuals at airports.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	10121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>This Government has been clear that we will strengthen our border security, undertaking thorough checks to prevent serious criminals from entering the UK. Border Force and Police work closely together to protect UK security, and our border systems identify individuals wanted on the PNC.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 29/10/2024 15:42:12 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1735437

registered interest
date	18/10/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services and Musculoskeletal Disorders: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide £400 million for (a) employment support and (b) resources for (i) musculoskeletal and (ii) mental health services.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	9933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Long-term sickness continues to be the most common reason for economic inactivity among the working age population, now standing at 2.8 million. The two main causes contributing to sickness absence are mental health and musculoskeletal conditions, with the latter responsible for an estimated 23.4 million days of sickness absence in 2022.</p><p>Improving health and good work outcomes for people who live with musculoskeletal and mental health conditions forms a key part of the Government’s missions to kickstart economic growth and build a National Health Service fit for the future.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting disabled people and people with health conditions, with a range of support available to enable individuals to get into and remain in work. Measures include joining up health and employment support around the individual through WorkWell, Employment Advisors in NHS Talking Therapies, and Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care, as well as support from Work Coaches, Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres, and Access to Work grants.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 28/10/2024 09:56:56 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1735438

registered interest
date	18/10/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Musculoskeletal Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide £400 million for scaling up musculoskeletal hubs.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	9934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>Improving health and good work outcomes for the 20 million people in the United Kingdom who live with musculoskeletal l conditions forms a key part of the Government’s missions to kickstart economic growth and build a National Health Service fit for the future.</p><p>The Government is currently exploring options to support these missions and those who experience musculoskeletal conditions. Decisions on the scaling up of musculoskeletal hubs will be taken as the work of the missions progresses and through the usual Spending Review processes.</p> answering member constituency Gorton and Denton answering member printed Andrew Gwynne question first answered 28/10/2024 15:13:42 answering member 1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1734801

registered interest
date	16/10/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease: Aldesleukin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making Proleukin available for motor neurone disease patients on the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	9535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2024 answer text <p>We have made no assessment. It is critical that medicines used in the United Kingdom are safe and effective and as such, medicines cannot be marketed in the UK without a marketing authorisation. These are granted by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) which assesses all medicines with regard to their quality, safety, and effectiveness. Proleukin (interleukin-2, Aldesleukin) has not been licensed by the MHRA as a treatment for motor neurone disease. It is the responsibility of the company to apply to the MHRA for a relevant marketing authorisation. Should an application for it be received, the MHRA will consider this accordingly.</p><p>In England, newly licensed medicines are also appraised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to determine whether they represent a clinically and cost-effective use of National Health Service resources. If the manufacturer of Proleukin seeks a licence from the MHRA for the treatment of motor neurone disease, then the NICE may consider it through the Technology Appraisal programme.</p> answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth question first answered 22/10/2024 10:06:07 answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth previous answer version 11591 answering member constituency Bristol South answering member printed Karin Smyth answering member 4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1734371

registered interest
date	15/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Vivastreet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department have met representatives of Vivastreet (i) online and (ii) in person since 4 July 2024.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	9202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>Sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this.</p><p> </p><p>The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know that adult service websites are now the most significant enabler of trafficking for sexual exploitation. Online platforms need to be responsible and accountable for content on their sites and take proactive steps to prevent their sites being used by criminals. The Online Safety Act 2023 sets out priority offences, including sexual exploitation and human trafficking offences, and companies will need to adopt measures and put in place systems and processes to identify, assess and address these offences based on a risk assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We must ensure law enforcement use every tool to pursue perpetrators and that victims are supported to recover from this horrendous abuse. The Government is working closely with policing and others to help tackle the drivers, including through operational intensifications to target perpetrators.</p><p> </p><p>Prostitution more broadly is an extremely complex issue and there are a wide range of potential approaches. We are committed to making our streets safer by tackling the harm and exploitation which can be associated with it and ensuring that people who want to leave are given every opportunity to find routes out.</p><p> </p><p>Home Office Ministers and officials have not had any meetings with Vivastreet since the General Election on 4<sup>th</sup> July 2024. There are no plans to publish minutes or other written records of previous meetings with Vivastreet as these meetings were informal in nature and no minutes or records were taken.</p><p>This government will ensure adult sexual exploitation is part of our VAWG.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips grouped question UIN 9203 9204 9205 9206 question first answered 21/10/2024 16:28:47 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1734373

registered interest
date	15/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Vivastreet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the (a) minutes and (b) other contemporaneous written records made by officials of all meetings between her Department and Vivastreet since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	9203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2024 answer text <p>Sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this.</p><p> </p><p>The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know that adult service websites are now the most significant enabler of trafficking for sexual exploitation. Online platforms need to be responsible and accountable for content on their sites and take proactive steps to prevent their sites being used by criminals. The Online Safety Act 2023 sets out priority offences, including sexual exploitation and human trafficking offences, and companies will need to adopt measures and put in place systems and processes to identify, assess and address these offences based on a risk assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We must ensure law enforcement use every tool to pursue perpetrators and that victims are supported to recover from this horrendous abuse. The Government is working closely with policing and others to help tackle the drivers, including through operational intensifications to target perpetrators.</p><p> </p><p>Prostitution more broadly is an extremely complex issue and there are a wide range of potential approaches. We are committed to making our streets safer by tackling the harm and exploitation which can be associated with it and ensuring that people who want to leave are given every opportunity to find routes out.</p><p> </p><p>Home Office Ministers and officials have not had any meetings with Vivastreet since the General Election on 4<sup>th</sup> July 2024. There are no plans to publish minutes or other written records of previous meetings with Vivastreet as these meetings were informal in nature and no minutes or records were taken.</p><p>This government will ensure adult sexual exploitation is part of our VAWG.</p> answering member constituency Birmingham Yardley answering member printed Jess Phillips grouped question UIN 9202 9204 9205 9206 question first answered 21/10/2024 16:28:47 answering member 4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi