Daisy Cooper MP: written questions
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Pharmacy: Business RatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend Business Rates reimbursements to Community Pharmacies.
Answer: In the 2025 Autumn Budget, the Government took the hard choices to protect the National Health Service in England and to continue to prioritise reducing waiting times. We have also stepped in to cap bills and help businesses, as part of a £4.3 billion sup...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEducational Psychology: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase the number of places available for educational psychology courses at universities in England.
Answer: The department is investing £21 million to train 400 more educational psychologists over two cohorts who started their studies in 2024 and 2025 as part of the Educational Psychology Funded Training scheme. This is in addition to the £10 million already be...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEducational Psychology: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many training places were available for educational psychologists at universities in England in each of the last five years.
Answer: The department is investing £21 million to train 400 more educational psychologists over two cohorts who started their studies in 2024 and 2025 as part of the Educational Psychology Funded Training scheme. This is in addition to the £10 million already be...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceTreasuryTabled 16 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106326More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the letter from the Leader of the House of Commons of 15 January 2026, reference AC/MP1190, on what date her Department plans to respond to hon. Member for St Albans.
Answer: I will write to you as soon as practicably possible.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: ValuationTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105303More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 90360 on Business Rates, when the Valuation Office Agency provided the draft valuations for the 2026 Rating List to her Department.
Answer: HM Treasury does not receive the full ratings list, as that would require data on named individual businesses to be shared, which would impact taxpayer confidentiality.
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Section 51 of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025, when he will lay regulations to delegate the power to set fees for planning applications to local planni
Answer: The Planning and Infrastructure Act provides the Secretary of State with the power to delegate the setting of planning fees to local planning authorities. The process for local fee setting will be set out in regulations this year. We will shortly also be ...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOphthalmology: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national register of opticians licensed to carry out DVLA eyesight tests.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is responsible for ensuring that all drivers meet the medical standards required for safe driving, including for eyesight. Drivers who notify the DVLA of a medical condition that may affect their eyesight may...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October to Question 77603 on Brain: Tumours, what steps he plans to take to incentivise pharmaceutical companies involved in developing vaccines for brain tumours to ap
Answer: The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). In the financial year 2024/25, the NIHR’s reported spend on cancer research was over £141.6 milli...
Answered 29 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how organisations providing mental health services to children and young people can engage with the Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism.
Answer: My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has launched an independent review into prevalence and support for mental health conditions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism. We are deeply concerned that ma...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Draft National Planning Policy Framework, published on 16 December 2025, whether it is his policy that green belt land between villages should not be consid
Answer: The government’s proposed changes to Green Belt policy are set out in Chapter 13 of the consultation ‘National Planning Policy Framework: proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system’. The consultation is open for responses until 10 March 202...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment how social media platforms could use in-built AI to detect and protect children against (a) cyberbullying and (b) online grooming.
Answer: The government takes tackling cyberbullying and online grooming extremely seriously.Under the Online Safety Act, services must put in place measures to mitigate the risk of illegal activity, including grooming, and protect children from harmful content, s...
Answered 24 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Commerce: VATTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99816More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will expedite a consultation into proposals to require online marketplace sellers to collect VAT from overseas sellers.
Answer: Since 1 January 2021 overseas sellers, or online marketplaces where they facilitate the sale, are required to be registered and account for VAT for supplies of low value imports of £135 or less. Where an overseas seller sells goods located in the UK at th...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAmazon: VATTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99815More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her department has had with Amazon on its proposal to support the collection of £700 million in VAT receipts from online marketplace sellers operating overseas.
Answer: Since 1 January 2021 overseas sellers, or online marketplaces where they facilitate the sale, are required to be registered and account for VAT for supplies of low value imports of £135 or less. Where an overseas seller sells goods located in the UK at th...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99814More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December to Question 97661 on Business Rates: Tax Allowances, what proportion of the ratepayers who will see their bills reduced are listed as a hereditament that has been assessed as qu
Answer: At the Budget, the VOA announced updated property values from the 2026 revaluation. This revaluation is the first since Covid, which has led to significant increases in rateable values for some properties as they recover from the pandemic. To support with...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99813More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December to Question 97661 on Business Rates: Tax Allowances, how many and what proportion of the ratepayers who will see no increases were eligible for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure r
Answer: At the Budget, the VOA announced updated property values from the 2026 revaluation. This revaluation is the first since Covid, which has led to significant increases in rateable values for some properties as they recover from the pandemic. To support with...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: CCTVDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December to Question 96304 on St Albans City Station: CCTV whether bike thefts will be included in the assessment of railway stations with the highest crime levels when prioritising
Answer: The Department has committed £17 million to improve CCTV connectivity on the railway. Network Rail are delivering the project and as they are currently in the start up phase of the project the details you have requested are not yet available.
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: CCTVDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December to Question 96304 on St Albans City Station: CCTV, if Network Rail will publish a list of railway stations to be prioritised for CCTV integration.
Answer: The Department has committed £17 million to improve CCTV connectivity on the railway. Network Rail are delivering the project and as they are currently in the start up phase of the project the details you have requested are not yet available.
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98959More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse is of reducing the retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier by the maximum permitted by the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Act 2025.
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGovia Thameslink Railway: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with Thameslink on taking steps to reduce reliance on rest-day working to operate timetabled passenger rail services.
Answer: Department Officials meet regularly with Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) to review performance and reliability, including driver resource considerations. The Department is supporting GTR in the recruitment of nearly 100 additional Thameslink drivers, which...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPulmonary Arterial HypertensionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to improve (a) awareness, (b) diagnosis and (c) treatment for, pulmonary hypertension.
Answer: NHS England commissions specialist services for both adults and children to diagnose and treat pulmonary arterial hypertension. Care is provided through a small number of specialised centres and shared care arrangements with other centres. High-cost drug ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Children's PlayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department are taking steps to support the use of the Play Well Toolkit in NHS healthcare settings.
Answer: The Department recognises the importance of supporting and maintaining children’s right to play in healthcare settings. Games and active play in all settings build social skills and promote children’s well-being.To support this, in June 2025 NHS England a...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLeisure and Retail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97661More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of retail, hospitality and leisure businesses will be eligible to receive transitionary relief for business rates in 2026-27.
Answer: At the Budget, the VOA announced updated property values from the 2026 revaluation. This revaluation is the first since Covid, which has led to significant increases in rateable values for some properties as they recover from the pandemic. To support with...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSt Albans City Station: CCTVDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the letter from the Minister of State for Rail to the hon. Member for St Albans of 28 November 2025, reference MC/00054165 whether she has received representations from Govia Thameslink Railwa
Answer: The rail CCTV connectivity project is in its start-up phase. It is being delivered by Network Rail, who will ensure improved connectivity to British Transport Police (BTP) will be prioritised at the stations with the greatest footfall and greatest crime. ...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 92922 on Fly-tipping, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of a single responsible body to receive and investiga
Answer: We have not made an assessment of the potential merits of a single responsible body to receive and investigate incidents of fly-tipping. Local councils are responsible for tackling fly-tipping in their area and have a range of enforcement powers to help t...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October to Question 77605 on Health Professions: Regulation, on what date he will publish a consultation on secondary legislation to modernise the General Medical Counc
Answer: The Government is committed to modernising the regulatory frameworks for all healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom.We aim to consult on secondary legislation to modernise the General Medical Council’s regulatory framework in early 2026 and to lay...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
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