Beccy Cooper MP: written questions
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Edmundo 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
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on (a) implementing and (b) training additional mental health staff to help relieve waiting lists.
Answer: We know that the National Health Service has been facing chronic workforce shortages for a number of years and, while there has been growth in the mental health workforce over recent years, more is needed.That is why, as part of our mission to build an NH...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordConversion TherapyWomen and EqualitiesTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3613More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her planned timetable is for bringing forward a draft bill to ban conversion practices.
Answer: This Government’s position is that conversion practices are abuse - such practices have no place in society and must be stopped. We are committed to delivering on our manifesto commitment to bring forward a full, trans-inclusive ban on conversion practice...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGamblingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to protect those most at risk of harm from gambling and betting.
Answer: The Government recognises the negative impact gambling can have on individuals, their families, and wider society. The Government has set out our commitment to reducing gambling-related harm by reforming regulation and strengthening protections. We will c...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordProcessed Food: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of a ban on junk food advertising before the watershed.
Answer: As set out in the King’s Speech, in this parliamentary session, we will bring forward the necessary secondary legislation to restrict advertisements of less healthy food and drink products before 9:00pm on television, and all paid-for advertising of these...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMyanmar: Health ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of attacks against health (a) workers and (b) facilities in Myanmar.
Answer: The UK has repeatedly condemned the Myanmar military's attacks against health workers and health facilities in public statements and at multilateral fora, including the UN Security Council. We are promoting accountability by providing funding to the UN's ...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAir Pollution: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on meeting WHO clean air standards.
Answer: Ministers and officials from Defra and the Department of Health and Social Care have regular discussions on a range of issues.The Government is committed to meeting legal targets for air quality, including the targets recently set under the Environment Ac...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLife Expectancy: EqualityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish a health mission to tackle the (a) social determinants of health and (b) regional gap in healthy life expectancy.
Answer: The Government has established a mission to build a National Health Service fit for the future. As part of this mission, the Government will tackle the social determinants of health, with the aim of halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the r...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
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