Daisy Cooper MP: written questions
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Delivery Services: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential of out-of-home delivery collection points to reduce the carbon footprint of home deliveries in the last-mile logistics sector.
Answer: The Department for Transport has not made an assessment relating to out-of-home delivery collection points and associated carbon footprint reductions. Tackling emissions from the freight sector, including last-mile deliveries, will support Government to m...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February to Question 29060 on Electric Bicycles: Accidents, whether she plans to require police forces to report on the number of accidents involving an e-bike.
Answer: Road injury collisions are reported to the Department by the police via a system known as STATS19. While there are no current plans to require forces to identify e-bikes within STATS19, the system is periodically reviewed to ensure that the collection rem...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Debt CollectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the prevalence of alleged aggressive council tax debt collection practices.
Answer: Councils are responsible for the collection and enforcement of council tax. The government’s clear expectation is that councils will be proportionate and sympathetic to those in hardship when determining the most appropriate action to collect tax. The gov...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information does her Department hold on the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest period of time between (i) Electric Vehicle charging hub operators agreeing a lease with a Distribution Network Operato
Answer: We do not hold that information.
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGovia Thameslink Railway: TheftDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received from the British Transport Police on the potential merits of additional funding to help ensure it has adequate resources to review CCTV footage for all reported incidents o
Answer: Police access to CCTV is an essential tool for use not only when investigating crime on the rail network, but also to equip Police Officers with effective situational awareness and evidence when making decisions in ongoing incidents. The Department is in ...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTrain Operating Companies: CCTVDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the British Transport Police on the adequacy of access to train operating company CCTV systems.
Answer: Police access to CCTV is an essential tool for use not only when investigating crime on the rail network, but also to equip Police Officers with effective situational awareness and evidence when making decisions in ongoing incidents. The Department is wor...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVettingHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing DBS checks that are portable for an individual applicant rather than an organisation.
Answer: A DBS certificate is sent directly to the applicant only. Where an individual applies for another role within the same workforce which is eligible and requires the same type of DBS check, they may use their existing certificate if the employer is content ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) local authorities and (b) community groups that provide energy efficiency improvements receive adequate funding to implement his Departm
Answer: The Warm Homes Plan will help people find ways to save money on energy bills and transform our ageing building stock into comfortable, low-carbon homes that are fit for the future. We will partner with combined authorities and local and devolved governmen...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: HeatingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) heat pumps and (b) other renewable heating solutions are (i) accessible and (ii) affordable.
Answer: Under the Government’s Warm Homes Plan, policies including the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund and Local Grant and Energy Company Obligation are delivering financial support for low carbon heating. Heat pump installations are also z...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the (a) workforce, (b) skills of the workforce and (c) funding is adequate to support the roll-out of his Department's retro-fitting sc
Answer: The Department has invested over £25 million to establish three Skills Training Competitions and the Heat Training Grant, which subsidise 33,000 retrofit training opportunities. The Heat Training Grant is on track to train 10,000 trained heat pump and hea...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking through the Warm Homes Plan to help ensure that (a) homes occupied by low-income families and (b) all homes meet high energy efficiency standards.
Answer: The Government has pledged to take action to stand with tenants and deliver the safety and security of warmer, cheaper homes, and has committed an initial £3.4 billion over the next 3 years towards heat decarbonisation and household energy efficiency, wit...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFlats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 28103 on Flats: Fire Prevention, whether she has held recent discussions with (a) mortgage lenders and (b) insurers on the
Answer: As per the answer given to Question UIN 28103 on 11 February 2025, my officials continue to regularly engage with the mortgage lending and insurance industries.Where a mortgage lender who is a signatory to the statement on cladding is not accepting an EWS...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 27888 on Brain: Tumours, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the National Institute for Health and Care Research provides feedback to
Answer: The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR funding opportunities relevant to brain tumours are advertised, highlighting scope and remit, with guidance documents to assist applicants in shaping th...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Lavatories: MenDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February to Question 28158 on Public Lavatories: Men, whether he will produce guidance for local authorities on he provision of sanitary waste bins in men'
Answer: The maintenance of public toilets is a matter for local authorities. The Government has no plans to produce guidance for local authorities on the provision of sanitary waste bins in men's bathrooms.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the speech by the Minister for Gambling at the GambleAware conference of 4 December 2024, what discussions (a) she and (b) other Ministers have had with the Betting and Gaming C
Answer: The Gambling Minister has met with the Betting and Gaming Council since her speech at the GambleAware conference on 4 December 2024 and the Department continues to work with the BGC on the issue of advertising. We have set the gambling industry a clear ta...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to provide free anytime bus travel to all disabled bus pass holders.
Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statutory obligations, such ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Sick LeaveDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of sick days taken by (a) teachers and (b) other school staff due to mental ill health in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.The department collects absence data for teachers and teaching assistants employed directly by state-funded schools via the school workforce census. This includes absences due to sickness but does not includ...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2024 to Question 14690 on Fire and Rescue Services: Standards, what progress was made in establishing national standards for Fire and Rescue services at the first
Answer: The inaugural meeting of the ministerial advisory group for fire and rescue service reform was the first in a series of meetings that will take place quarterly. One of the group’s key aims is delivery of the manifesto commitment to work with all stakehold...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of treating savings in lifetime ISAs in the same way as pension funds when calculating savings limits for means tested benefits.
Answer: There are no plans to change the way savings held in a Lifetime ISA are treated in the assessment of means-tested benefits including Universal Credit. The value of the pension fund that someone and their employer pays into protects that person for retirem...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 19779 on Health Professions: Regulation, what his timetable is for announcing his priorities in relation to the applicability of the five year
Answer: The Government has been considering its priorities for professional regulation and will be setting these out shortly.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: Pre-school EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending free school meal provision to include children enrolled in maintained nursery schools.
Answer: Under current programmes, 2.1 million disadvantaged pupils are registered to receive benefits-based free school meals (FSM). This includes pupils attending a local authority maintained, academy or free school nursery who are entitled to FSM, as long as th...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: FranchisesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether UK Government Investments has made a request to Post Office Limited to (a) proceed with moving all directly managed branches to a fully franchised model and (b) expedite the shift of directly m
Answer: Nigel Railton, the Post Office Chair, has set out his ambitions for the future of the Post Office, which involves a reduction in central costs and other ways to deliver efficiencies, plus steps to improve the commercial future of the business in order to ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: FranchisesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made representations with the Post Office to (a) proceed with moving all directly managed branches to a fully franchised model and (b) expedite the shift of directly managed
Answer: Nigel Railton, the Post Office Chair, has set out his ambitions for the future of the Post Office, which involves a reduction in central costs and other ways to deliver efficiencies, plus steps to improve the commercial future of the business in order to ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: DatabasesDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26600 on Parking: Databases, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) retaining the National Parking Platform in the pub
Answer: This Government has had to make many difficult decisions about public spending. We recognise the merits of the National Parking Platform and are continuing to support this by working with the parking industry, who we believe are best placed to take the in...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Lavatories: MenDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require the provision of sanitary waste bins in men's bathrooms.
Answer: The Government oversees policy and legislation with respect to the safe management of waste and litter as well as the protection of drains and sewers. It does not, however, have powers to compel the provision of sanitary bins in public toilets. The mainte...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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