Daisy Cooper MP: written questions 2025
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Sports: ConcussionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of adoption by (i) professional and (ii) grass roots sports organisations and (b) effectiveness of the UK-wide Concussion Guidelines for Grassro
Answer: National guidelines for concussion in grassroots sport were developed by international experts on concussion and acquired brain injury to better identify, manage and prevent the issue. We continue to encourage National Governing Bodies to adapt the guidan...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: ConcussionDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to encourage schools to adopt the recommendations on (a) preventing and (b) treating concussion in the UK-wide Concussion Guidelines for Grassroots Sport, updated in November 2024.
Answer: Engaging in sports and physical activities, both within and outside the school environment, is crucial for a child’s wellbeing and personal development. There are various resources already available to assist schools and sports clubs in assessing and miti...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish guidance on the risks to children of acquired brain injuries in (a) schools and (b) sports clubs.
Answer: Engaging in sports and physical activities, both within and outside the school environment, is crucial for a child’s wellbeing and personal development. There are various resources already available to assist schools and sports clubs in assessing and miti...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system in supporting children with acquired brain injuries.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special education needs and disabilities or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.Children who have had a bra...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of social security benefits for people unable to work because of an acquired brain injury.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an estimate of how many people with acquired brain injury are experiencing (a) homelessness and (b) rough sleeping.
Answer: According to the 2020 Rough Sleeping Questionnaire, 7% of respondents reported an acquired brain injury, with 82% reporting a mental health vulnerability and 83% of respondents reporting at least one physical health condition. More Rough Sleeping question...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication entitled Explanatory note on the National Insurance Contribution compensation 2025 to 2026, published 18 December 2024, for what reason the allo
Answer: The government has announced an additional £515 million of support for local government, including Mayoral Combined Authorities and Fire and Rescue Authorities, specifically to manage the impact of changes to employer NICs announced at the Autumn Budget.A...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Public ConsultationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated for the public consultation on a new NHS 10-year-plan.
Answer: The public and staff must be at the centre of developing the Plan to make the National Health Service fit for the future, so it makes a positive impact on their day-to-day lives. That is why we are running a series of in-depth deliberative events and have...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department’s cancer strategy will include (a) a prostate cancer screening programme and (b) alternative measures to improve prostate cancer diagnosis for people at higher risk.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan will include further details on how we will improve outcomes for cancer patients, including those living with prostate cancer. The Plan will aim to speed up diagnosis and treatment, ensuring patients have access to the latest trea...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department’s policy to notify successful applicants that they have been issued with an eVisa.
Answer: All applicants issued with an eVisa as evidence of their immigration status receive a written notification, either via email or post, once their immigration application has been successful, and their immigration permission granted. This notification confi...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish a decision on which apprenticeships will be impacted by cuts to Level 7 apprenticeship funding.
Answer: This government is committed to spreading opportunities and economic growth supported by a strong skills system.This government has an extremely challenging fiscal inheritance. There are tough choices that need to be taken on how funding should be priorit...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: BricksMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024 to Question 4279 on Housing: Bricks, what steps she plans to take to increase rates of swift brick installation in new build propertie
Answer: The revised National Planning Policy Framework we published on 12 December 2024 expects developments to provide net gains for biodiversity, including through incorporating features which support priority or threatened species such as swifts, bats and hedg...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBeer: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22079More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing duty relief to brewers of cask conditioned beers.
Answer: Draught Relief provides a duty discount for eligible draught beer and cider. Cask conditioned beers will be able to benefit from Draught Relief if they are sold in a container of 20 litres or more, connected to a dispense system and are below 8.5 per cent...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSleeping RoughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) Rough Sleeping Initiative, (b) Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme and (c) Night Shelter Transformation Fund will continue in 2025-26.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced funding allocations for homelessness and rough sleeping on gov.uk in December 2024.This includes funding for sector support to strengthen the capacity of the voluntary sector, the Homeles...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department will publish a breakdown of planned spending on homelessness (a) support and (b) prevention for 2025-26.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced funding allocations for homelessness and rough sleeping on gov.uk in December 2024.This includes funding for sector support to strengthen the capacity of the voluntary sector, the Homeles...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Public ConsultationTreasuryTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22076More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the her Department's consultation entitled Transforming business rates, published 30 October 2024, whether she plans to meet with (a) British Business Improvement Districts, (b) The BID Foundation
Answer: At Autumn Budget, the Government published a Discussion Paper setting out priority areas for reform of the business rates system. This paper invites industry to help co-design a fairer system that supports investment and is fit for the 21st century. Treas...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
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