Daisy Cooper MP: written questions 2025
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EU Countries: British Nationals AbroadCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45862More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in (a) the EU or (b) individual EU member nations on permitting UK citizens reciprocal rights to visit the (i) EU or (ii) any EU member nation for periods of
Answer: HMG officials and Ministers regularly engage the EU and EU Member State counterparts on a range of issues affecting UK nationals. The UK and the EU allow for visa-free short-term travel in line with their respective arrangements for third country national...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Countries: British Nationals AbroadCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45861More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with his Schengen Area counterparts on exempting UK citizens from the restrictions on visiting Schengen Area countries.
Answer: The UK and the EU allow for visa-free short-term travel in line with their respective arrangements for third country nationals. The UK allows EU citizens short-term visa-free travel for up to six months. Meanwhile, the EU allows for travel within the Sche...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42316 on NHS: Buildings, if he will take steps to publish further data on the (a) occupancy and (b) utilisation rates of all clinical rooms in the
Answer: No decision has been made to publish further data on the occupancy and utilisation rates of all clinical rooms in the National Health Service estate in addition to the Estates Returns Information Collection data showing which organisation space is allocat...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April to Question 42318 on NHS: Buildings, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting intelligent booking systems to maximise the utilisation of t
Answer: No decision has been made to publish further data on the occupancy and utilisation rates of all clinical rooms in the National Health Service estate in addition to the Estates Returns Information Collection data showing which organisation space is allocat...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRelationships and Sex EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making sexual health education a compulsory element of the statutory RHSE curriculum in (a) secondary schools and (b) colleges.
Answer: The relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) statutory guidance already sets out that secondary schools should cover contraception, sexually transmitted infections, developing intimate relationships and resisting pressure to have sex. The guidance c...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 32060 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to publish a cross-departmental consultation on measures to hel
Answer: We continue to work with other government departments, such as MHCLG and DESNZ, to understand what changes are required to remove barriers to installing chargepoints and obtaining grid connections. In December 2024, we announced further changes to plannin...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: Home InsuranceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring home insurers to offer insurance to landlords offering tenancies to tenants on benefits.
Answer: Rental discrimination against people who receive benefits has no place in a fair and modern housing market.As part of the rental discrimination measures in the Renters’ Rights Bill, any clauses within a new or renewed contract of insurance that would proh...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLuton AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of expanding Luton Airport on economic growth; and if she will publish the modelling that underpins that assessment.
Answer: The full reasons for the Secretary of State’s decision on 3 April 2025 to grant consent to the London Luton Airport Expansion scheme, including assessment of the potential impact of expanding Luton Airport on economic growth, are set out in her decision l...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLuton AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason she announced the expansion of Luton Airport before publishing a climate emissions framework.
Answer: The Secretary of State’s considerations on the London Luton Airport Expansion scheme are explained in the Decision Letter, published 3 April 2025 on the Planning Inspectorate website, and this sets out the Secretary of States reasoning. Decisions on appl...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLuton AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department sought legal advice on the compatibility of its decision to expand Luton Airport on the UK's commitments under the 2015 Paris climate accord.
Answer: The full reasons for the Secretary of State’s decision on 3 April 2025 to grant consent to the London Luton Airport Expansion scheme, including consideration of carbon emissions and the Paris climate accord, are set out in her decision letter which is pub...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: ChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including postgraduate students in the eligibility criteria for the (a) Childcare Grant and (b) Parent Learners Allowance.
Answer: Postgraduate master’s and doctoral loans are intended as a contribution to the cost of study. They can be used by students according to their personal circumstances to cover the costs of fees and living costs, including for childcare. The Childcare Grant ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: ChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including postgraduate students in receipt of (a) stipends and (b) bursaries in the eligibility criteria for free childcare.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.To be eligible for the working parent entitlement, both par...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28599 on Doctors: Training, if he will conduct a review of the selection process for medical specialty training places with a view to giving p
Answer: Working with NHS England, we continue to keep the selection process for all applicants to medical speciality training under review.NHS England launched an extensive engagement and listening exercise to help shape the future of postgraduate medical trainin...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholism: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department provides to support services for the children of alcoholics.
Answer: Our mission-based approach will ensure that every child has the best start in life and that we create the healthiest generation of children ever. This includes supporting the children of parents with alcohol problems and other adverse childhood experience...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAir PollutionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that air pollution levels near (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) GP surgeries do not exceed the World Health Organisation's recommended limits.
Answer: This Government is committed to continue reducing everyone’s exposure to air pollution. We are developing a series of further interventions to reduce emissions from key sources. We have set a Population Exposure Reduction Target for PM2.5, which will cont...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Pollution: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of air pollution on children’s health.
Answer: Children can be susceptible to the health effects from long and short-term exposure to air pollution. The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants published advice on susceptibility to air pollution in March 2025. They concluded that, based on t...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Plans: Gardens TrustMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 39567 on Local Plans: Gardens Trust, what criteria was applied to the decision to remove the Gardens Trust as a statutory plan
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 10 March 2025 (HCWS510).
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting intelligent booking systems to maximise the utilisation of the NHS property estate.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the potential merits of adopting intelligent booking systems to maximise the utilisation of the National Health Service’s property estate. NHS trusts decide locally how best to manage their estate.Data for the occupancy and ...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the NHS of (a) unused and (b) underused clinical (i) buildings and (ii) rooms.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the potential merits of adopting intelligent booking systems to maximise the utilisation of the National Health Service’s property estate. NHS trusts decide locally how best to manage their estate.Data for the occupancy and ...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) occupancy and (b) utilisation rates of clinical rooms in the NHS estate was in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the potential merits of adopting intelligent booking systems to maximise the utilisation of the National Health Service’s property estate. NHS trusts decide locally how best to manage their estate.Data for the occupancy and ...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish NationalityHome OfficeTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for naturalisation as a British citizen took longer than the six month service standard in the latest reporting period for which data is available.
Answer: The information requested is published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/passports-and-citizenship-data-q4-2024.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRipple Energy: ConsumersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with (a) Ripple Energy and (b) the administrators of Ripple Energy on protections for the customers of Ripple Energy’s cooperative energy projects.
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, whether she plans to publish guidance for parish and town councils on how to engage with her
Answer: Town and parish councils are the first tier of local government and play a crucial role in community engagement and provide key local services.The English Devolution White Paper emphasises the value of governance on a community scale and that the governme...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Energy: LogosDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department spent on redesigning the logo for Great British Energy in 2025.
Answer: Great British Energy’s branding and logo were developed in-house with government resources.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Business PremisesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of guidance issued by District Valuer Services on the availability of city centre GP premises.
Answer: GP premises costs are reimbursed by the NHS. Any increase in charges by the landlord impacts the cost of providing primary care in that locality. The District Valuer Service offers independent advice on appropriate level of market rent, considering the bu...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
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