Beccy Cooper MP: written questions
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Refugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Ukrainians with valid leave under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme are able to obtain confirmation of their right to (a) live, (b) work and (c
Answer: The Home Office is developing a more digital and streamlined border and immigration system that will enhance the applicant’s experience and increase the immigration system’s security and efficiency. Successful applicants under the Ukraine Permission Exten...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) transparency and (b) accountability in the management of fire safety equipment in leasehold properties.
Answer: Under Article 17 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, those responsible for fire safety in their premises (Responsible Persons) must make sure that any preventive and protective measures installed to address fire safety risks are subject to ...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday AccommodationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to strengthen consumer protection in the short term lets market.
Answer: Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, traders must carry out a service with reasonable care and skill, and within reasonable time. Where a trader fails to meet the standards required, this could be a breach of contract and the consumer is entitled to ask fo...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Sanitation and WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support water and sanitation projects through Official Development Assistance.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 17 September to question 75697. Further to the answer given, the latest consolidated Statistics for International Development, published in September 2025, shows that UK bilateral Official Development Assi...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that visa applications for foreign nationals visiting the UK through aid-funded project deliverables are processed in a (a) timely and (b) efficient m
Answer: All short term visit visas are governed by our published service standards. These can be found here: Visitors and transit: customer service standards - GOV.UKCustomers are advised to allow enough time to receive their visa before applying. Customers in ce...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: ReviewsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will initiate a review of the (a) structure and (b) terms of reference of the NHS Business Services Authority following the NHS 10 Year Plan.
Answer: As a Special Health Authority and Arm’s-Length Body of the Department of Health and Social Care, the National Health Service Business Services Authority’s (NHSBSA) strategic and structural alignment with government objectives and its Framework Document ar...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInfectious Diseases: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of infection diagnostics on (a) levels of inappropriate antibiotic use and (b) the policies set out in the policy paper entitled UK 5-year action
Answer: The United Kingdom’s 2024 to 2029 antimicrobial resistance (AMR) national action plan (NAP), published in May 2024, highlights the importance of accurate diagnostic testing to guide effective antibiotic use and tackle AMR. A core commitment of the NAP is ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInfectious Diseases: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that diagnostic stewardship is embedded across infection care pathways to ensure that clinicians are (a) supported to use infection diagnostics effectively and (b)
Answer: The United Kingdom’s 2024 to 2029 antimicrobial resistance (AMR) national action plan (NAP), published in May 2024, highlights the importance of accurate diagnostic testing to guide effective antibiotic use and tackle AMR. A core commitment of the NAP is ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease Control: International CooperationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding his Department plans to allocate (a) to international programmes primarily focused on preventing novel pandemics at source and (b) through multilateral and bilat
Answer: We will publish Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's final 2025/26 Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme allocations in the Annual Report & Accounts in July. Over the coming months, we will work through detailed decisions on how th...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: Antimicrobial ResistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) steps he is planning to take to take to strengthen antimicrobial resistance (i) surveillance and (ii) diagnostic capacity following the conclusion of the Fleming Fun
Answer: Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a priority for the UK Government, and is vital also for protecting our NHS. The UK played a key role in securing an action-oriented Political Declaration from the UN High Level Meeting on AMR last September, incl...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered allowing local education authorities to open new maintained schools.
Answer: Through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, the government is removing the legal presumption that all new schools are opened as academies, allowing local authorities to welcome proposals for all types of school, and to put forward their own proposa...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademiesDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing schools currently managed by multi-academy trusts to return to local education authority control.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has been clear that there are no immediate plans to develop options that will enable academy schools to convert to local authority-maintained status.The department’s priority is to ensure that all...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Sleeping RoughDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to healthcare for people experiencing rough sleeping.
Answer: The Government is committed to building a fairer Britain by tackling the structural inequalities that contribute to poor health, particularly for disadvantaged groups, including those experiencing homelessness. We recognise the importance of reducing barr...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Pollution and Noise: Public HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) noise and (b) air pollution on public health in densely populated residential areas.
Answer: In 2023, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) published the findings from a study that mapped the effects of transport noise on health and wellbeing across England. It was estimated that transport noise in England was responsible for the equivalent of 13...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tailor (a) guidance and (b) support for local authorities to help mitigate increasing demand on adult social care services due to demographic ageing.
Answer: The Government accounted for a wide range of pressures, including demographic changes through the 2025 Spending Review. The resulting settlement allows for an increase of over £4 billion of funding available for adult social care in 2028/29 compared to 20...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: Carers and ParentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the has issued to local authorities on encouraging preventative health behaviours among working-age adults with (a) caring and (b) parental responsibilities.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role that preventative health behaviours play in improving long-term health outcomes, including among working-age adults with caring and parental responsibilities.The Government’s Health Mission sets out a plan to shift...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health: CarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unpaid caring responsibilities on carers’ mental health.
Answer: The Department invests in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR-funded research suggests that high intensity unpaid care, as measured by time spent caring per week, is associated with an increased likelihood of ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of administrative capacity to manage the volume of transitions from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit; and what steps she is ta
Answer: Adequate resourcing for the transition is an important priority for the department. The department has identified a small number of cases where the payments due have not all been paid in full in the first assessment period, due to delays in the process. T...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government response to the Child Maintenance: Improving the collection and transfer of payments consultation, published on 23 June 2025, what her planned timetable is for publishin
Answer: Primary legislation is required to make the change to remove Direct Pay and reform the collection fee structure, meaning these changes will be subject to detailed parliamentary scrutiny. Our intention is to implement these changes as soon as parliamentary...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Meals: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the revised School Food Standards; and what steps he is taking to consult (a) schools, (b) public health experts and (c) other stakeholders in the process.
Answer: To ensure quality and nutrition in meals for the future, the department is acting quickly with experts across the sector to revise the School Food Standards, so every school is supported with the latest nutrition guidance. We are currently engaging with a...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support global health workforce development as part of the UK’s international health security agenda.
Answer: Strong, resilient health systems are essential for the delivery of the United Kingdom’s wider global health objectives of strengthening global health security, including tackling the threat of anti-microbial resistance and the spread of disease, and endin...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational AssistanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that global development and health partnerships remain central to foreign policy objectives.
Answer: Work on international development, including global health, remains a priority for this Department. The Minister of State for International Development made this clear at the International Development Committee hearing on 12 May 2025, we will sharpen our ...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: HealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the 6.9% reduction in the FCDO's resource budget on the ability to respond to global health threats.
Answer: Over the coming months, we will work through detailed decisions on how the Official Development Assistance budget will be used in future years, informed by internal and external consultation and impact assessments.The Minister for Development was delighte...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCats and Dogs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered introducing further regulations on establishing (a) dog and (b) cat rescue organisations.
Answer: Companion animal rescue and rehoming organisations in England must comply with statutory welfare requirements set out in the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Members of the public can also check if the rescue centre they use is a member of the Association of Dogs...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Preventive MedicineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the 10 year plan for the NHS will ensure that the NHS shifts from sickness to prevention.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will set out broader actions for how we shift the health and care systems in England towards preventing ill-health rather than treating sickness. Through the 10-Year Health Plan we want to take action to reduce the causes of the bi...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
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