Daisy Cooper MP: written questions
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Driving Tests: ApplicationsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the blog post entitled How we’re dealing with bots and the reselling of driving tests, published by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency on 29 June 2023, what progress that Agency has made
Answer: To ensure fairness for everyone wanting to book a practical driving test, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) continues to work hard to combat the unscrupulous practice of reselling tests. In January 2023, DVSA changed its booking service terms...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9222More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to increase the Lifetime ISA property cap threshold in line with the rate of house price inflation.
Answer: Data from the latest UK House Price Index shows that while the average price paid by first-time buyers has increased, it is still below the LISA property price cap in all regions of the UK except for London, where the average price paid is affected by bor...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAdrenaline Auto-injectors: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of permitting GPs to prescribe a third epi pen to school children with severe allergies when school policies require them to leave one of the two
Answer: Clinicians are responsible for making prescribing decisions for their patients and, where appropriate, can prescribe the number of EpiPens needed, taking into account best practice, the patient's needs, and any local or national guidance. There are alread...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDisposable Wipes: PlasticsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October to Question 6533 on Disposable Wipes: Plastics, on what date he plans to bring forward proposals to implement a ban on the sale of wet wipes contai
Answer: The Government is working together with the devolved governments to understand the issue, with a view to legislate to ban wet wipes containing plastic across the UK.
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received recent representations from the charitable hospice sector on the impact of statutory funding levels on the adequacy of (a) service levels, (b) staffing levels and (c) patien
Answer: Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by National Health Service staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, also play in providing support to people at end of life,...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply substantively to the correspondence of 23 January 2024 from the Hon. Member for St Albans on behalf of her constituent, his Department’s reference MC2024/01885,
Answer: Correspondence MC2024/01885 is undergoing clearance processes and will be issued shortly. MC2024/01885 was one of a very large number of correspondences on this topic received by the department which contributed to delays in responses. Following dissoluti...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: EU CountriesHome OfficeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether airlines who will have responsibility for checking electronic travel authorisations (ETA) for EU nationals from 2 April 2025 will also have the ability to check (a) EU identity cards and (b) E
Answer: If their passengers hold an ETA and are seeking to travel to the UK using the passport they used to apply for their ETA, airlines will receive automated messaging confirming the existence of a permission to travel.If their passengers hold an eVisa and are...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department (a) collects and (b) holds on the number of people waiting for places in hospices run by charitable organisations.
Answer: We want a society where every person, as well as their families and carers, receives high-quality, compassionate care, from diagnosis through to end of life.I recently met NHS England and discussions have begun on how to reduce inequalities and variation ...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether hospice funding will be included in his Department's 10-year plan for health and care.
Answer: We want a society where every person, as well as their families and carers, receives high-quality, compassionate care, from diagnosis through to end of life.I recently met NHS England and discussions have begun on how to reduce inequalities and variation ...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTransplant Surgery: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the conclusions of the report entitled Transplant care in the UK: a patient perspective, published by Kidney Care UK in July 2024, if he will take steps to ensure people who have
Answer: The Department, NHS England, and NHS Blood and Transplant are working together to implement the recommendations of the Organ Utilisation Group’s 2023 report through the Implementation Steering Group for Organ Utilisation. The recommendations state that ps...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: Transplant SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the conclusions of the report entitled Transplant care in the UK: a patient perspective, published by Kidney Care UK in July 2024, if he will take steps to ensure all chronic kidn
Answer: The Department, NHS England, and NHS Blood and Transplant are working together to implement the recommendations of the Organ Utilisation Group’s 2023 report through the Implementation Steering Group for Organ Utilisation. The recommendations state that ps...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: Transplant SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the conclusions of the report entitled Transplant care in the UK: a patient perspective, published by Kidney Care UK in July 2024, if he will take steps to ensure that eligible ki
Answer: NHS England’s Service Specification for Renal Transplantation identifies transplant as the optimal treatment option for patients with stage five chronic kidney disease (CKD 5) and mandates that all commissioned providers should assess the benefits and ris...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: Transplant SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help reduce waiting lists for a kidney transplant.
Answer: NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) manage the NHS Organ Donor Register and National Transplant Register in the United Kingdom. They are working to reduce the number of patients on the waiting list by revising the National Organ Retrieval Service to improve ...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: HertfordshireDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Hertfordshire SEND Improvement Plan, published in December 2023, whether her Department (a) was consulted on and (b) agreed with the implementation of the Hertfordshire County Council targ
Answer: The target of 60% of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans being completed within 20 weeks by Hertfordshire County Council is published in the local area partnership’s priority action plan. The department understands from Hertfordshire County Council tha...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: HertfordshireDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received representations from Hertfordshire County Council to request funding to (a) assess the viability of and (b) introduce bus franchising in Hertfordshire.
Answer: The government is determined to deliver better bus services, grow passenger numbers and drive opportunity to under-served regions. It has set out a plan to achieve this, based on giving local leaders the tools they need to ensure bus services reflect the ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOff-payroll WorkingTreasuryTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6535More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review IR35 rules.
Answer: The Government keeps all tax policy under review to identify potential improvements.
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSewers: Property DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to require sustainable drainage systems for new housing developments under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Answer: Planning policy requires that Sustainable Drainage Systems are included in all new major developments, unless there is clear evidence that this would be inappropriate. The Government is currently assessing how best to implement its ambitions on sustainabl...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDisposable Wipes: PlasticsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the sale and use of wet wipes containing plastic.
Answer: This Government has called for the banning of the sale of wet wipes containing plastic.
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: British Nationals AbroadDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse of winter fuel payments to overseas residents was in 2023/24.
Answer: Annual statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payments made to individuals and households are publicly available via GOV.UK. The latest statistics cover winter 2023 to 2024. The winter 2023 to 2024 Winter Fuel Payment expenditure for residents in eligibl...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff have left the NHS ophthalmic sector to join ophthalmic units in independent treatment centres.
Answer: The Department does not hold the information requested.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: Treatment CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the value for money of ophthalmic care in independent treatment centres.
Answer: It is the responsibility of individual commissioners to commission services and agree contracts most suitable for their local context. Contracts between commissioners and providers must comply with the NHS Payment Scheme, a set of prices and rules used to...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: Season TicketsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling rail users to buy a discounted season ticket using a (a) young person's and (b) 26 to 30 railcard.
Answer: Affordability of rail travel is one of our key objectives. However, any concessions made to rail fares policy must balance benefits for certain groups against the impacts on taxpayers. Season tickets already provide a discount compared to single, return a...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSurrogacy: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing emergency travel documents for surrogate babies of British nationals born in Ukraine.
Answer: His Majesty’s Passport Office provides significant support to the commissioning parents of surrogate babies.Where there are safety concerns, HM Passport Office works in conjunction with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to prioritise...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any HIV peer support services were (a) wholly or (b) partially funded by the public purse in 2023-24
Answer: The Adult service specification for people living with HIV sets out the requirement for HIV services to ensure that people living with HIV have access to emotional and psychological support, including peer support. However, NHS England Specialised Commiss...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHIV/AIDS: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any Integrated Care Boards fund programmes which (a) find and (b) re-engage with people living with HIV who have not accessed HIV care in the last year
Answer: We are making progress in ending new transmissions of HIV within England by 2030 but we know more work needs to be done to achieve our ambitions. The Department, the UK Health and Security Agency, NHS England and a broad range of system partners are worki...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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