17 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment her Department has made of trends in levels of women who are being advertised for prostitution on websites advertising prostitution in the UK.
ReplyThe Government recognises that online platforms are significant enablers of sexual exploitation. They must be responsible and held accountable for content on their sites, including taking proactive steps to prevent their sites being used by criminals. Vic...
17 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat the membership is of the Adult Services Website Working Group.
ReplyThe Government recognises that online platforms are significant enablers of sexual exploitation. They must be responsible and held accountable for content on their sites, including taking proactive steps to prevent their sites being used by criminals. Vic...
17 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat estimate she has made of the funding her Department has provided to the Tackling Organised Exploitation Programme (TOEX) for its referral pathway with Vivastreet for each year it has been in exis
ReplyThe Government recognises that online platforms are significant enablers of sexual exploitation. They must be responsible and held accountable for content on their sites, including taking proactive steps to prevent their sites being used by criminals. Vic...
17 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will publish the agenda, minutes and any other meeting papers of the Adult Services Website Working Group for each year it has operated.
ReplyThe Government recognises that online platforms are significant enablers of sexual exploitation. They must be responsible and held accountable for content on their sites, including taking proactive steps to prevent their sites being used by criminals. Vic...
17 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat estimate she has made of the funding her Department has provided to law enforcement agencies for the purpose of purchasing software licenses to obtain and analyse data from websites advertising p
ReplyThe Government recognises that online platforms are significant enablers of sexual exploitation. They must be responsible and held accountable for content on their sites, including taking proactive steps to prevent their sites being used by criminals. Vic...
11 Jun 2026·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, whether UK-produced arms are being used in a) the West Bank and b) the Gaza strip.
ReplyI refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 18 September 2025 to Question 72500. The latest information on Israel export licences has since been updated on 20 April 2026 and is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/export-control-l...
11 Jun 2026·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedHow many export licenses for arms and defensive equipment between the UK and Israel are currently active.
ReplyThe UK Government published specific information relating to export licensing to Israel on 20 April 2026, covering extant export licences on 28 February 2026. (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/export-control-licensing-management-information-for-...
9 Jun 2026·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
AskedCommonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of aid trucks entering Gaza in a) April and b) May 2026.
ReplyI refer the Hon Member to the statement made to the House by the Foreign Secretary on 9 June, where - in setting out the action being taken by the UK in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza - she said that barely half the level of the 4,200 trucks ...
2 Jun 2026·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what assessment her Department has made with Cabinet colleagues of the vulnerability of the third sector to be used by foreign actors to influence UK politics.
ReplyGovernment and the Charity Commission are alive to the risks of state threats to the charity sector. The Charity Commission works with other agencies to protect the sector from the risks of being exploited, and also has guidance on protecting charities fr...
2 Jun 2026·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of legislation on the transparency of charity funding and donations.
ReplyGovernment and the Charity Commission are alive to the risks of state threats to the charity sector. The Charity Commission works with other agencies to protect the sector from the risks of being exploited, and also has guidance on protecting charities fr...
29 May 2026·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
AskedInnovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a Secondary Publishing right in relation to (a) the dissemination of publicly funded research and (b) value for money.
ReplyThe Government recognises that publishing research outcomes is vital in sharing knowledge. The different rights and ownership of these will depend on contractual arrangements between researchers, research institutions, and publishers.The Government has no...
29 May 2026·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
AskedInnovation and Technology, whether her Department has formally asked the Intellectual Property Office to assess the feasibility of a Secondary Publishing Right.
ReplyThe Government recognises that publishing research outcomes is vital in sharing knowledge. The different rights and ownership of these will depend on contractual arrangements between researchers, research institutions, and publishers.The Intellectual Prop...
20 May 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether the estates of deceased individuals will be eligible to claim for the Unethical Research Awards proposed under the Infected Blood Compensation Regulations.
ReplyYes they will be eligible. As set out in the Government’s response to the consultation, every eligible infected person treated for a bleeding disorder within a specific time period will receive an unethical research award. Additionally, people who were tr...
15 May 2026·Scotland Office·Answered
AskedWhen the first tranche of funding from the Local Growth Fund will be released to delivery partners.
ReplyTo secure the release of their Local Growth Fund allocation for financial year 2026-27, Regional Partnerships in Scotland are required to submit a 3-year Investment Plan by 29 May 2026. The Scotland Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Go...
14 May 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhether her department has any plans to extend the restricted list of countries from which adoption is prohibited to also cover surrogacy arrangements.
ReplyThe Children and Adoption Act 2006 places a statutory duty on my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education to maintain and publish a list of countries in respect of which restrictions on intercountry adoption apply. This Restricted List rela...
14 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment his department has undertaken on the compliance of safeguarding procedures for surrogacy arrangements with the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children.
ReplyThe Department has not undertaken an assessment on the compliance of safeguarding procedures for surrogacy arrangements with the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children.The Government has not taken any steps to ensure that the rights and lived experienc...
14 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps his department has taken to ensure that the rights and lived experience of children born through surrogacy are reported to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
ReplyThe Department has not undertaken an assessment on the compliance of safeguarding procedures for surrogacy arrangements with the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children.The Government has not taken any steps to ensure that the rights and lived experienc...
14 May 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment his department has undertaken on the adequacy of safeguarding procedures for surrogacy arrangements.
ReplyThe Government supports surrogacy as a part of assisted conception options, to help people who have difficulty starting their own family.The Department has published guidance on the care of surrogates and intended parents in surrogate births, which is ava...
21 Apr 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhether the estates of deceased individuals will be eligible to claim for the Unethical Research Awards proposed under the Infected Blood Compensation Regulations.
ReplyIt has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.
18 Mar 2026·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedWhat provision his department has put in place to undertake a human rights impact assessment of the infected blood compensation process.
ReplyThe Cabinet Office has carried out analysis under the Public Sector Equality Duty for all regulations made to establish the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme. The most recent analysis was published in October and can be viewed here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348276077/pdfs/ukdsipes_9780348276077_en_001.pdf