Daisy Cooper MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Drax Power: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reclaiming any portion of the subsidies provided to Drax Power Limited, in the context of the finding by Ofgem that Drax had misre
Answer: Compliance with biomass sustainability criteria is a priority and Ofgem as the independent regulator is responsible for ensuring generators’ compliance. Ofgem’s recent investigation found that whilst Drax complied with sustainability standards, it had fai...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDrax Power: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made representations to Drax on the increase in whistleblower reports recorded by the organisation between 2022 and 2023.
Answer: The Government takes reports of complaints very seriously. Compliance with biomass sustainability criteria is a priority and Ofgem as the independent regulator is responsible for ensuring generators’ compliance. Ofgem’s recent investigation found that whi...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLegal Profession: Money LaunderingMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has received representations from the Solicitor Regulation Authority on the adequacy of the level of financial penalties for those solicitors found to be in breach of money laundering regulations.
Answer: The legal profession in England and Wales operates independently of government. The responsibility for regulating the sector sits with the approved regulators, overseen by the Legal Services Board.The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is responsible f...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCancer: Medical TreatmentsTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19780More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the private medical insurance industry's coverage of treatment for patients with rare cancers.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is an independent body responsible for regulating and supervising the conduct of the financial services industry, including firms that provide private medical insurance. The Government is determined that all insurers ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2024 to Question 403 on Health Professions: Regulation, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expediting the removal of the five-year rule i
Answer: The Government has been considering its priorities for professional regulation and will be setting these out shortly.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSanitary ProductsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue statutory guidance on the provision of absorbent products for adult incontinence products.
Answer: There are no plans to issue statutory guidance on the provision of absorbent products for adult incontinence, as there is already existing guidance to which the National Health Service must have regard.NHS England published Excellence in Continence Care o...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: AllowancesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the weekly personal expense allowance for those living in care homes is increased by the rate of inflation each financial year.
Answer: The social care allowance rates, which include the Personal Expenses Allowance (PEA), are reviewed each year. The PEA rates have been uprated in line with inflation every year since 2022, and the rates for the 2025/26 financial year will be published in e...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordZimbabwe: CommonwealthForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on Zimbabwe's application to re-join the Commonwealth.
Answer: The criteria for membership include commitment to the Commonwealth values and principles as set out in the Commonwealth Charter. The UK has always been clear that we would like to see Zimbabwe return to the Commonwealth. Whilst we recognise there has been...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordZimbabwe: ElectionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Commonwealth Secretariat on publication of the independent report of the Commonwealth Observer Group on Zimbabwe's elections in 202
Answer: The UK greatly values the Commonwealth Secretariat's work on observation missions. The full report of the Commonwealth Observer Group to the 2023 Zimbabwe Harmonised elections was published on 6 November. We note some of the findings in the report and sup...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSewers: Property DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 6534 on Land Drainage: Property Development, whether he (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of the potential regulato
Answer: A full regulatory impact assessment, including consideration of costs and benefits, would be prepared as part of any implementation of Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. No such assessment is available at this stage.
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has received recent representations from Hertfordshire County Council on levels of demand for in-year state school places.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has had no recent representations from Hertfordshire County Council on levels of demand for in-year state school places. The department has offered a routine meeting with the local authority to d...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: Local PressMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including local online news publications in the definition of local newspapers for the advertisement of planning not
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 15985 on 3 December 2024.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: Digital TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) older people and (b) people with legacy visas are not (i) disadvantaged and (ii) prevented from accessing services by the eVisa system.
Answer: The Home Office is committed to ensuring everyone, including the elderly, those who hold legacy documents and the most vulnerable, are properly supported as we transform our immigration system. I have recently met with Age UK and other stakeholders to dis...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: Digital TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support older people without internet access to (a) apply for and (b) access eVisas.
Answer: The Home Office is committed to ensuring everyone, including the elderly, those who hold legacy documents and the most vulnerable, are properly supported as we transform our immigration system. I have recently met with Age UK and other stakeholders to dis...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: HertfordshireDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for announcing what proportion of SEND funding from Autumn Budget 2024 will be allocated to Hertfordshire.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision (AP) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.The departmen...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: HertfordshireDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to publish the Stocktake report on Hertfordshire County Council's SEND improvement plan.
Answer: Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected local arrangements for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in Hertfordshire in July 2023 and found widespread and/or systemic failings. Area SEND inspection reports are ...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: HertfordshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support NHS services in West Hertfordshire, in the context of his Department's review of the New Hospital Programme.
Answer: The Government recognises that delivering high quality healthcare services in the National Health Service requires the right facilities and support systems in the right places. We understand that investment in capital projects, whether through allocations...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to work with stakeholders in the Fire and Rescue services to establish national standards.
Answer: The Home Office funds the independent Fire Standards Board (FSB) to develop and maintain a comprehensive set of professional standards for fire and rescue services in England.The FSB has published 19 national standards for fire and rescue services coverin...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: HertfordshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department have had recent discussions with Hertfordshire County Council on the two-tier system of local government in that count
Answer: There has been no specific discussion on this topic. The department is always open to hearing from councils about government in their local area.
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14066More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12746 on Employers' Contributions, if she will consult (a) small businesses, (b) social care providers and (c) GP surgeries before publishing the Tax Informatio
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note that covers the employer NICs changes was published by HMRC on 13 NovemberThe government has protected the smallest businesses from the impact of the increase to employers’ National Insurance by increasing the Employment ...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordKidney Diseases: Transplant SurgeryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 6540 on Kidney Diseases: Transplant Surgery, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of providing psychological and social care suppor
Answer: A financial assessment for all aspects of renal replacement therapy provision, including transplantation, will be completed as part of the work NHS England is currently undertaking to update the specialised renal service specifications, again including tr...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12768More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she made a socio-economic impact assessment of the increase to employer national insurance contributions.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note will be published in due course alongside the legislation when it is introduced to Parliament.
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLand: TaxationTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12747More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has prepared terms of reference for a consultation on replacing business rates with a land value tax since 2019.
Answer: The government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century.At Budget 2024, we announced our intention to introduce permanently lower tax rates for high street retail, hospi...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12746More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 9564 on Employers' Contributions: Small Businesses, if she will publish any impact assessment for the raise to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note will be published in due course alongside the legislation when it is introduced to Parliament.
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date her Department sent letters to people eligible for Pension Credit to inform them that they must apply for Pension Credit to continue receiving winter fuel payments.
Answer: The department sent letters between 7th October and 4th November 2024 to pensioners who, under previous rules, would have received a Winter Fuel Payment this year. The letters informed customers of the change in eligibility for receiving the payment and u...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
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