Daisy Cooper MP: written questions
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International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian PeaceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken with international partners to establish an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.
Answer: This government has prioritised working to end this conflict and secure the safe release of hostages, in co-ordination with international partners, since day one. We will continue to use every diplomatic lever to bring about a ceasefire deal as the first ...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMultiple Myeloma: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission research to (a) track and (b) compare international access to myeloma treatments; whether his Department holds data on the use by other countries of isatuximab in combination
Answer: The Department has no plans to commission research to compare international access to myeloma treatments. There are a number of independent publications that compare international access to new medicines, including cancer medicines, such as the European F...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDentistry: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Dental recruitment incentive scheme 2024/25 published on 10 May 2024, how many NHS dentists have been recruited on the Golden Hello pathway in each (a) region and (b) ICB area
Answer: The dentistry recovery plan, Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, published on 7 February 2024, included a Golden Hello scheme offering up to 240 dentists a cash incentive to deliver National Health Service work in und...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: VettingHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September to Question 2138 on Police: Vetting, what information her Department holds on the performance of police forces processing of Disclosure Barring Service checks tha
Answer: The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) regularly publishes statistics on the overall processing times for each of their services. This includes checks where they are referred to police forces.The most recent relevant data set was published July 30th is ...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: VettingHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2138 on Police: Vetting, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of English police forces in delivering Disclosure and
Answer: The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) send their Enhanced checks to a police force if there is a potential match against the names on the application form and local police systems.DBS commissions 52 independent police disclosure units that are spread g...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDrax Power StationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to hold a substantive debate in the House of Commons on future subsidy arrangements for Drax power station.
Answer: No decision has been taken on whether transitional support arrangements should be introduced for biomass generators when their current arrangements end. The Government will consider a range of factors, including a robust assessment of potential value for ...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBangladesh: DemonstrationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1627 on Bangladesh: Demonstrations, whether he has had discussions with his Bangladeshi counterpart on recent (a) protests
Answer: On 9 August, the Foreign Secretary's statement welcomed the appointment of the Interim Government in Bangladesh, led by Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. The Interim Government in Bangladesh has the UK's full support as it works to restore peace and...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGenomics: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of (a) Genomics England Limited and (b) the NHS Genomic Medicine Service in (i) stimulating and (ii) facilitating research activity.
Answer: The NHS Genomic Medicine Service (NHS GMS), in partnership with Genomics England (GEL), delivers a national whole genome sequencing service, as part of routine care for rare disease and cancer patients. GEL delivers the National Genomic Research Library (...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBadgers: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on vaccinating badgers to help tackle the spread of bovine tuberculosis.
Answer: Over the past few years, several initiatives have been introduced to encourage take up of badger vaccination over larger, more contiguous areas. Bolstering APHA field teams to deliver badger vaccination in several areas where licensed badger culling had e...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to conduct a review of prescribing rights during this Parliament.
Answer: In late 2020, NHS England launched a series of public consultations seeking views on proposals to amend the responsibilities for the prescribing, supply, and administration of medicines for the following professionals:- dental hygienists and dental therap...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applicants were (a) accepted onto and (b) rejected from the NHS Scientist Training Programme in (i) 2021-2022, (ii) 2022-2023 and (iii) 2023-2024.
Answer: The following table shows the total number of annual starters in the NHS Scientist Training Programme, as well as their split by the in-service and direct entry routes, and the number of rejected or unsuccessful direct entry applicants, each year from 202...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordVenezuela: ElectionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the contested elections in Venezuela.
Answer: The UN was clear that the outcome of Venezuela's elections cannot be deemed credible without the regime publishing full results. The Foreign Secretary has publicly called for the swift and transparent publication of full, detailed results to ensure that t...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordEducational PsychologyDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she had made an assessment of the adequacy of the number of educational psychologists in each local education authority in England.
Answer: The department understands the critical role educational psychologists play in the support available to children and young people, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Data on the number of educational psychologists empl...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many eVisa applications have been received as of 2 September 2024.
Answer: During the transition to eVisas, we are closely monitoring the volume of customers who have registered for a UKVI account and the forecast total volume of affected customers. The total volume will be dictated by ongoing approvals under BRP generating rout...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBiometric Residence PermitsHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Biometric Residence Permits will expire with the move to eVisas.
Answer: During the transition to eVisas, we are closely monitoring the volume of customers who have registered for a UKVI account and the forecast total volume of affected customers. The total volume will be dictated by ongoing approvals under BRP generating rout...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBiometric Residence PermitsHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to publicise the ending of Biometric Residential Permits and transition to e-visas.
Answer: The Home Office is delivering a substantial communications and engagement campaign to advise customers of the transition to eVisas and the need for BRP holding customers to register for a UKVI account by the end of 2024, if they were not automatically pro...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrants: VisasHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department have taken to inform residents with Indefinite Leave to Remain visas about the transition to e-visas.
Answer: The Home Office is delivering a substantial communications and engagement campaign to advise customers of the transition to eVisas and the need for BRP holding customers to register for a UKVI account by the end of 2024, if they were not automatically pro...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for not extending the respiratory syncytial virus immunisation programme to all children under the age of one year.
Answer: There are currently no approved respiratory syncytial virus vaccines for children under the age of one year. This is a dynamic area and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, supported by The UK Health Security Agency, is continuing to keep ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many myeloma patients are receiving a fourth line treatment; and what proportion of those patients are being treated with isatuximab in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone.
Answer: Information on the number of myeloma patients receiving a fourth line treatment is not held centrally. However, the following table shows the number of patients notified to receive isatuximab, in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone, in 2021, 2...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the removal of the end-of-life modifier on cancer technology appraisals.
Answer: We have received briefings on the use of the severity modifier by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), in the development of its guidance for the National Health Service, on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the ...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on (i) its use of the new severity modifier and (ii) how it (A) measures and (B)
Answer: We have received briefings on the use of the severity modifier by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), in the development of its guidance for the National Health Service, on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the ...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWines: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3787More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has received representations on the ending of the temporary duty easement for wines between 11.5% and 14.5% alcohol by volume on small and medium-sized wine businesses on 1 February 2025.
Answer: The Chancellor and I receive representations regularly from a wide range of stakeholders and welcome their views. The current temporary duty easement for wine is due to end on 1st February 2025.
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWines: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3786More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to end the temporary duty easement for wines between 11.5% and 14.5% alcohol by volume on small and medium-sized wine businesses.
Answer: The Chancellor and I receive representations regularly from a wide range of stakeholders and welcome their views. The current temporary duty easement for wine is due to end on 1st February 2025.
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRelationships, Sex and Health Education: EndometriosisDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including awareness of endometriosis in Relationships, Sex and Health Education in schools.
Answer: Statutory guidance on the current relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum published on GOV.UK states that pupils should be taught key facts about the menstrual cycle, including what is an average period, the range of menstrual products a...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that households with solar panels and battery storage receive the rate of wholesale electricity as payment for excess electricity exported to the grid.
Answer: Both rooftop solar and batteries are important for getting to net zero. Households and businesses with solar panels can benefit through significantly reduced electricity bills. They can also export the excess energy they generate to the grid via the Smart...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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