Daisy Cooper MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Business Rates: Impact AssessmentsTreasuryTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69409More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will carry out sector-specific impact assessments for proposed non-domestic rate multipliers ahead of the Autumn Budget 2025.
Answer: The business rates multipliers are set by Government. From 2026-27, the Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality and leisure properties with rateable values (RVs) under £500,000. The Government intends to fund th...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability Aids: VATTreasuryTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69408More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the guidance entitled Get VAT relief on certain goods if you have a disability, updated on 22 January 2019, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting (a) sports clubs and
Answer: Charities providing care, medical or surgical treatment for handicapped persons, rescue or first-aid services can already benefit from a VAT zero-rate when purchasing relevant goods. The supply of a wheelchair designed solely for the use of a disabled per...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: SoftwareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability for patients to message their GP practice using the NHS app for medical and appointment enquiries over lunchtime periods.
Answer: We want patients to be able to contact their general practice (GP) by phone, online, or by walking in, and for people to have an equitable experience across these access routes. This is a key intervention in the Government’s ambition to end the 8:00am scr...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the thresholds for determining the interest rate on student loan repayments for people living abroad in the context of local taxation levels.
Answer: The repayment of student loans, including the setting of interest rates applied to student loan plan types for borrowers in the UK or overseas, is determined by the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (as amended).Overseas repayment thr...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: GlyphosateDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with Network Rail on the potential merits of (a) reducing and (b) eliminating the use of glyphosate herbicides on railway property.
Answer: Network Rail uses glyphosate to control the growth of vegetation in places where it may cause problems for trains or colleagues working alongside the track. This helps to maintain the safe operation of the railway and avoid key parts of the railway being ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Mail: MembersDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has held discussions with Royal Mail on the adequacy of their response times to hon. Members raising casework matters about local postal services.
Answer: Ministers and officials have discussions with Royal Mail on a regular basis in its capacity as the universal service provider. Royal Mail endeavours to respond to all queries about postal services in a timely manner. Specific operational arrangements cont...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the contribution by the hon. Member for St Albans on 9 July 2025, Official Report, column 325WH, whether she plans to make alternative funding available to Lond
Answer: Following the Spending Review, my Department announced that it is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support services for 2025 onwards.Technical support which has already been awarded will continue to be provided but must be completed before ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and CustomsTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66282More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent watchdog to monitor the effectiveness of HMRC Customer Compliance Group.
Answer: HMRC and its Customer Compliance Group (CCG), is subject to a wide range of independent oversight and actively engages with a range of independent assurance, both internal and external.Internally, HMRC maintains robust governance structures, including ove...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTax EvasionTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66281More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has issued guidance that the (a) Customer Compliance Group and (b) Risk and Intelligence Service (Compliance, Operational Insight and Risking) Group should only investigate cases of alleged tax evasion
Answer: HMRC Customer Compliance Group’s guidance specifically states that there is no de-minimis limit for suspected fraud referrals and does not contain any instructions that would limit investigation in relation to timespan of the tax at risk.HMRC’s Risk and I...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaming MachinesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to grant local authorities stronger powers to reject license applications for slot machin
Answer: The Government wants local authorities to feel empowered to make decisions that are in their communities’ best interests. Local authorities have a range of powers to manage gambling in their areas, both under the planning system and as licensing authoriti...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing additional resource to the priority service for processing Indefinite Leave to Remain applications on the BNO route for Hong Kongers.
Answer: The Priority Visa Service for BNO (British National Overseas) Indefinite Leave to Remain applications was introduced on 8 September 2023. Straightforward applications are processed within 5 days of biometric enrolment. Sufficient resource is allocated to ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: TheftHome OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the resale of stolen mobile phones.
Answer: On 6 February the Home Secretary brought together police, the National Crime Agency, the Mayor of London, local government representatives, leading technology companies and others to drive greater collaboration in breaking the business model of mobile pho...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the eligibility criteria for repatriation flights from Israel.
Answer: The eligibility criteria for repatriation flights from Israel is published on the UK Government Travel Advice page for Israel (https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/israel).
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has considered the potential merits of conducting a review into the Transport for London zoning of (a) Watford Junction, (b) Watford High Street, (c) Bushey railway station and (d) Watford Undergroun
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London, and it is for them to make decisions regarding the zoning of their services.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael and Occupied Territories: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of facilitating repatriation flights for UK nationals in (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in the c
Answer: The Government has been working around the clock to provide charter flights for those who wished to leave, as soon as it was safe to do so and once airspace reopened. Two charter flights for UK nationals wishing to leave Israel and the Occupied Palestinia...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter of 9 June 2026 from the Minister of State for Health to the Hon Member of St Albans (ref PO-1608258), when the remediable service statement will be issued.
Answer: The production of remediable services statements is a challenging and complex work programme that the NHS Business Service Authority is working hard to deliver.I will respond directly to the Hon. Member in a letter to update on the personal delivery statu...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 56880 on Health Professions: Regulation, whether the consultation expected by the end of this year will be open to submissions from Members of Parl
Answer: We are aiming to commence consultation on a draft legislative framework for the General Medical Council by the end of this year. This will be a statutory three-month public consultation which anyone will be able to respond to, including Members of Parliam...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordQuarrying: HatfieldMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Planning Inspectorate case number APP/M1900/W/24/3346607, what her planned timetable is for determining the appeal by Brett Aggregates Limited to develop a quar
Answer: No timetable has yet been set for the determination of this case.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60222More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date he expects the Infected Blood Compensation Authority to begin inviting relatives of the deceased to submit their claims for compensation.
Answer: The delivery of compensation is a matter for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) as an operationally independent arm's-length body. Going forward, IBCA is aiming to contact an average of 100 people to begin their claim every week. At that rat...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParaneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 51941 on Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: Diagnosis, how many laboratories in England provide testing for KLHL11 antibodies.
Answer: The Department does not collect data on KLHL11 antibody testing in England.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work applications were (a) submitted and (b) rejected in (i) part and (ii) full in the 2024-25 financial year; and how many and what proportion of applications that were rejected were
Answer: (a) 157,023 applications were submitted during 2024-25(b) 88,607 applications were approved during 2024-25 with a further (i)4,227 applications where advice was provided to the claimant. (ii)34,959 applications were not approved with the following reasons...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average time taken was from the date an Access to Work application was submitted to the date a decision was made in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: The longest wait time during April 2024 – March 2025, from the date submitted to the date the decision was made was 393 daysThe shortest wait time during April 2024 – March 2025, from the date submitted to the date the decision was made was 1 dayThe avera...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 29926 on Health Professions: Regulation, what recent progress he has made on setting a timetable for announcing his priorities in relation to
Answer: The Government has set out its intention to reform the legislative frameworks of all healthcare professional regulators, starting with the General Medical Council (GMC).As part of this work, any legislative restrictions on regulators from being able to co...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordContinuing CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Continuing Health Care services remain uninterrupted for patients when the services are being transitioned from Integrated Care Boards.
Answer: The Department is responsible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) policy and legislation. We have provided statutory guidance, setting out clear processes for CHC, which all integrated care boards (ICBs) must follow. CHC is funded by ICBs, and it is for i...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLuton Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44560 on Luton Airport and with reference to the expiration of the period for applications for judicial review, if she will publish the modelling that underpi
Answer: I cannot at this stage confirm when litigation will end, however the full reasons for the Secretary of State’s decision on 3 April 2025 to grant consent to the London Luton Airport Expansion scheme are set out in her decision letter which is published on ...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
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