Beccy Cooper MP: written questions 2024
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HomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to district councils to help reduce the levels of homelessness.
Answer: The Government is clear that homelessness is too high and too many families are living in temporary accommodation. We want to take a long-term approach and, working with Mayors and councils across the country, we will develop a new cross-government strate...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCoeliac Disease: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to update guidance to Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) on the need to offer gluten free staples on NHS prescription for people with coeliac disease.
Answer: NHS England has no plans to update the guidance. The Department undertook a national consultation in 2017 on the prescribing of gluten-free (GF) foods in primary care. The rationale for this was the increased availability of these products in supermarkets...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: HealthMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) newbuild housing quality and (b) housing prices on health outcomes for residents.
Answer: Building Regulations set standards for the design and construction of buildings to ensure the safety and health of people in or about those buildings. The impacts of these standards are assessed when changes are made to individual parts of the Building Re...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of physical advertising for unhealthy food products on levels of child obesity.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the potential impact of outdoor physical advertising for less healthy food and drink products on levels of child obesity. However, the Government welcomes recent action at a local level to ban junk food marketing across publ...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase the level of pay for non-academized sixth-form college teachers.
Answer: The government does not set or recommend pay in further education (FE), including in sixth form colleges. The pay and conditions of FE staff remains the responsibility of individual colleges and providers, who are free to implement pay arrangements in lin...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the potential environmental impact of mobile phones going to landfill.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the environmental impacts of mobile phones going to landfill.
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCosmetics: AllergiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging cosmetic retailers to highlight allergens in the ingredient list.
Answer: The UK Cosmetics Regulation requires manufacturers to provide a full list of ingredients for cosmetics products.In addition, cosmetics that contain fragrance allergens, must identify the presence of these ingredients by referring to them as ‘parfum’ or ‘a...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCannabis: Medical TreatmentsHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure police officers are trained to deal appropriately with people who rely on prescribed medical cannabis.
Answer: The Home Office published Circular 018/2018 when Cannabis-Based Products for Medicinal Use (CBPMs) were introduced under Schedule 2 to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 on 1 November 2018. The circular summarised the effects of the legislation, and is ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInfant FoodsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing parents to buy first-stage baby formula using (a) loyalty points, (b) grocery vouchers, (c) food bank vouchers and (d) other cash-e
Answer: Infant formula legislation sets robust nutritional and compositional standards to ensure that all infant formula meets the nutritional needs of babies for healthy growth and development, irrespective of brand or price. The legislation also restricts the m...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLiver DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission a review into the adequacy of adult liver services across the NHS.
Answer: There are currently no plans for a review into the adequacy of adult liver services across the National Health Service. The commissioning of services for liver disease is generally the responsibility of integrated care systems (ICS). ICS are responsible f...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLiver DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of pathways for the earlier detection of non-alcohol related fatty liver disease.
Answer: There are 10 community diagnostic centres (CDC) currently providing ultrasound liver elastography, otherwise known as a fibroscan. NHS England has plans to understand the diagnostic pathways for liver disease and how CDCs can further support this. The p...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLiver Diseases: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the prevalence of non-alcohol related fatty liver disease in children.
Answer: NHS England is assessing the role of screening for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children as part of the initial 30 Complication from Excess Weight clinics. Children and young people are assessed within these clinics for a range of physical and men...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Health Service in England Independent InvestigationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for implementation of the review by Lord Darzi entitled Independent Investigation of the National Health Service in England, published on 12 September 2024.
Answer: Lord Darzi’s full report has laid bare the true extent of the challenges facing our health service, giving us the frank assessment necessary to face these problems honestly and properly and do the hard work required to fix them. Lord Darzi’s findings will...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRespiratory DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring people with lung conditions are given an annual (a) review and (b) medication check.
Answer: Annual reviews, including reviews of medication, play a key role in the ongoing management of people with respiratory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). They are recommended by the National Institute for Health and...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure programmes intended to reduce coercive control are trauma-informed.
Answer: The Home Office and Ministry of Justice fund a wide range of organisations to provide support to victims and survivors of Coercive and Controlling Behaviour and Domestic Abuse, including providing £2.5 million in 24/25 funding to Standing Together Against...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEdmundo GonzálezForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help protect Edmundo Gonzalez, leader of the Venezuelan democratic opposition.
Answer: It is completely unacceptable that the Maduro regime forced Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez into exile and issued a warrant for his arrest. Baroness Chapman of Darlington publicly condemned the arrest warrant on 4 September. The Foreign Secr...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Mission BoardDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to establish a health mission board.
Answer: My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, chairs a cross-government Health Mission Board to oversee and drive delivery of the health mission to ‘build a health and social care system fit for the future'.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Visitors and School NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the numbers of (a) health visitors and (b) school nurses.
Answer: We are committed to creating the healthiest generation of children ever. To achieve this, we must ensure that families have the support they need to give their babies and children the best start and the building blocks for a healthy life.The child health ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that support for SEN children is needs-led.
Answer: The government has made it their mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best start in life. The department’s ambition is that all children and young people receive the support they need, in the most appropriate setting. The...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth: InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) accessibility of online NHS health information.
Answer: We are working to improve access to digital services, outcomes, and experience for the widest range of people, based on their preferences. Patients unable to use digital channels can continue to access services via telephone and through traditional face t...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth: PolicyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to use indicators of health other than Body Mass Index to inform public health (a) priorities, (b) decisions and (c) strategies.
Answer: One of the Government’s five missions is to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future. The Health Mission has an overall objective to reduce the amount of time spent in ill-health, tackle health inequalities, and drive economic growth.As ...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordObesity: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of childhood obesity on inequalities in health outcomes between (a) deprived communities and (b) less deprived communities.
Answer: The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) collects data on children aged four to five years old, who would be in reception, and 10 to 11 years old, who would be in year 6. It provides detailed data on childhood obesity by age, sex, deprivation, and ...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordObesity: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle childhood obesity in the Health Mission Delivery Board.
Answer: Supporting people to stay healthier for longer is at the heart of this government’s Health Mission. We face a childhood obesity crisis and this government will take action to tackle it head on, easing the strain on the National Health Service and creating...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordProcessed FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce consumption of ultra-processed foods.
Answer: As set out in the King's Speech, the Government will bring forward the necessary secondary legislation to ban junk food advertising to children and to stop the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16-year-olds. We face an obesity crisis, and we wi...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: CoronavirusForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase the accessibility of covid-19 vaccines in lower-income countries.
Answer: The UK Government is the second largest donor to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - committing £1.65 billion from 2021-2025. Gavi's COVID programme is meeting all the demand for COVID vaccines in lower income countries. Gavi also provides delivery support to en...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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