Daisy Cooper MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Genomics: 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
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that time spent in residence in the UK on any visa is counted towards the five-year period required for an application for indefinite leave to remain.
Answer: Many visa routes, such as those for family and skilled work, are intended to allow a path to settlement in the UK. Other routes, such as those for study and temporary work, are intended for visa holders to be able to come to the UK for a specific, time-bo...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend the covid-19 booster vaccination this autumn to (a) unpaid and (b) young carers.
Answer: The primary aim of the autumn 2024 COVID-19 vaccination programme remains the prevention of severe illness, hospitalisations, and deaths, arising from COVID-19. On 2 August 2024 the Government accepted the advice of the independent Joint Committee on Vacc...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTrastuzumab DeruxtecanDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make representations to (a) Daiichi Sankyo and (b) AstraZeneca following the decision by NICE not to recommend Enhertu as a cost effective treatment for advanced stage breast cancer.
Answer: Decisions on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England are taken by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), on the basis of an evaluation of a treatment’s costs and benefits. The NICE’...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her letter of 16 July 2024 to local council leaders, whether devolution settlements are available to district councils.
Answer: English devolution underpins this Government’s national mission to deliver economic growth for everyone, everywhere, raising living standards across the UK. While the previous government hoarded power in Whitehall, this Government will deliver the most am...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: Disease ControlCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2502More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria were used to decide which publishers would be invited to take place in the All in, all together campaign since 2020.
Answer: The UK government partnered with the newspaper industry to launch the “All in, all Together” Covid-19 advertising campaign. The purpose of the partnership was to amplify public information on critical coronavirus messaging to ensure it reached all communi...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: Disease ControlCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2501More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department paid to each publisher that took part in the All in, all together advertising campaign since 2020.
Answer: The UK government partnered with the newspaper industry to launch the “All in, all Together” Covid-19 advertising campaign. The purpose of the partnership was to amplify public information on critical coronavirus messaging to ensure it reached all communi...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordChildcare and Pre-school Education: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the rates paid to providers for free hours childcare and early years education.
Answer: Current national average funding rates for local authorities are broadly in line with, or higher than, nursery fees paid by parents last year. However, the department is taking concerns from the early years sector very seriously and wants to ensure that t...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
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