Andrew Cooper MP: written questions
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CybercrimeHome OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of crime committed online in each of the last three years; and what proportion of reported online crime over that period resulted in someone being charged
Answer: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish statistics on the proportion of police recorded crime in England and Wales each quarter in their official statistics.This can be found in Table F11 of ONS’ Crime in England and Wales: Other Related Tables (...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: HealthMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to help reduce?health inequalities?through housing in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England.
Answer: The Government is taking steps to reduce health inequalities through housing reforms including extending ‘Awaab’s Law’ to the private rented sector and introducing a new Decent Homes Standard to drive up the quality of rented housing. In addition, as part...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAutism: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children requiring an autism assessment in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England.
Answer: The Department is currently considering next steps to improve access to autism assessments. It is the responsibility of integrated care boards (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, incl...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCrime PreventionHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) financial and (b) other steps her Department is taking to help prevent crime in (i) Mid Cheshire constituency, (ii) Cheshire, (iii) England.
Answer: The 2024-25 police funding settlement provides funding of up to £18.5 billion. Cheshire Police’s funding will be up to £264.2m in 2024-25. This is in addition to £2.5m provided for the 2024-25 pay award which has been allocated outside of the police fundi...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to tackle digital exclusion in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England.
Answer: Although the previous government did not update its digital inclusion strategy for ten years, digital inclusion is a priority for the new government, so that everyone has the access, skills, support and confidence to participate in a modern digital societ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNew Businesses: Mid CheshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department is taking to encourage the creation of businesses in Mid Cheshire constituency.
Answer: The creation of new businesses is essential to our economic success. The Government will boost small business growth and productivity by delivering upon the commitments within Labour’s pre-election nine-point pledge - Plan for Small Business. The UK Share...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teachers in (i) Mid Cheshire constituency, (ii) Cheshire and (iii) England.
Answer: High quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education. There are now 468,693 full-time equivalent teachers in state-funded schools in England, but the government must do more to ensure it has the workforce need...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for mental health treatment in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England in each of the last three years.
Answer: A table showing the average waiting time for mental health treatment for the Mid Cheshire constituency, Cheshire, and England for those aged over 18 years old, and another table for those aged under 18 years old, for each of the last three years, is attac...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Older PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to older jobseekers in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England who are looking to (i) reskill and (ii) change careers.
Answer: Improving employment support and employment outcomes for people of all ages, including older jobseekers will play an important part in the government’s growth mission. We will reform jobcentres, so they match people to the right job and combine employment...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment: PovertyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people in employment who are living in poverty in Mid Cheshire constituency.
Answer: Statistics for the total number of people in employment living in relative and absolute poverty are not available at a constituency level.Statistics on the total number of people in employment living in relative and absolute poverty both before and after ...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England who have unmet care needs; and what steps his Department is taking to help en
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for assessing individuals’ care and support needs and, where eligible, for meeting those needs. Where individuals do not meet the eligibility threshold, they can get support from their local authorities in making their ow...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of child poverty in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances of every child. The Child Poverty Taskforce has started work to publish the Child Poverty Strategy in Spring and will ex...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrimary CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve patient access to primary care in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England.
Answer: We are committed to fixing the crisis in primary care to secure the long-term sustainability of the National Health Service and increase access to local services across the country.We are also committed to moving towards a Neighbourhood Health Service, wi...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: Mid CheshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) adults and (b) children in Mid Cheshire constituency who (i) are not registered with an NHS dentist and (ii) have been unable to ac
Answer: Patients in England are not registered with a National Health Service dental practice, although many NHS dental practices do tend to see patients regularly. There is no geographical restriction on which practice a patient may attend, allowing patients the...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDebtsCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7054More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of household debt in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 4th October 2024 is attached.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBroadbandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of households in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England that do not have (i) broadband and (ii) mobile in
Answer: According to the independent website ThinkBroadband.com, 0.3% of premises in the Mid Cheshire constituency, 0.7% in Cheshire and 0.6% in England overall do not have access to broadband speeds in excess of the legal Universal Service Obligation (USO) of 10...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFirst Time BuyersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support first-time buyer households in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire (c) and England.
Answer: The affordability challenges facing prospective first-time buyers mean that too many people are now locked out of homeownership. In addition to increasing the supply of homes of all tenures, we have committed to introduce a permanent, comprehensive mortga...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFuel PovertyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of households in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England that spent more than 10% of their income on energy costs in each of
Answer: The latest statistics for the number of households in fuel poverty (using the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency fuel poverty metric) in parliamentary constituencies in England, can be found in the published sub-regional fuel poverty statistics, in Table 4:...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCarer's Allowance: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to revise the (a) limits on earnings and (b) number of hours that can be worked for people in receipt of Carer’s Allowance.
Answer: The Government recognises the challenges unpaid carers are facing and is determined to provide them with the help and support they need and deserve. It is looking closely at how the benefit system currently does this. The Secretary of State undertakes a s...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMedical Examinations: Foster CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering potential foster carers the required health assessment free of charge on the NHS.
Answer: Foster carers must undergo a full assessment and be approved by a fostering service provider before any child can be placed in their care. This includes a medical assessment. These assessments are not part of the GP contract with the National Health Servi...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Compulsory PurchaseDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many residential properties in Mid Cheshire constituency have been purchased in preparation for HS2 Phase 2b; and what proportion of those properties have been void for longer than six months.
Answer: HS2 Ltd currently holds 51 residential properties on the Managed Portfolio in the Mid Cheshire constituency, of which 31 are let and 20 are vacant. 9 of these properties have been vacant for 6 months or more. The majority of vacant properties in Mid Chesh...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: LicensingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a licensing regime for short-term lets.
Answer: While recognising the benefits that short-term lets can have for local economies, the Government appreciates that excessive concentrations in some areas of the country can impact on the availability and affordability of homes to buy and rent as well as ha...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to address differences in ticket prices between regulated and un-regulated rail lines.
Answer: Under the current system, each train operating company offers a range of fares, some of which are regulated by Government. Train operating companies have flexibility in how they set the prices of unregulated fares; however, in practice, many closely follo...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Mid CheshireDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of 16 to 24-year-olds who were not in education, employment or training in Mid Cheshire constituency in the last five years had (a) previously been identified in the SEN Support category and (b)
Answer: Data for 16 to 24 year olds not in education employment or training (NEET) is not available by constituency nor by special educational needs. National figures for overall proportions of 16 to 24 year olds NEET in England are sourced from the Office for Na...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Mid CheshireDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children of secondary school age who were not attending school in Mid Cheshire constituency in the past five years had (a) previously been identified in the SEN Support category and (b) an ed
Answer: The requested information is not held centrally. The department collects data on children missing education (compulsory school aged children not registered at school or otherwise receiving suitable education) from local authorities on a voluntary basis. T...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
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