Daisy Cooper MP: written questions
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Written questions
MarriageMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of accepting the recommendations of the report by the Law Commission on wedding law entitled Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, publish
Answer: We are aware that weddings are an important issue for humanists and that the Law Commission has made recommendations for wholesale change of weddings law in July 2022. We will take the time as a new Government to properly consider this issue. We will set ...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordMarriage: HumanismMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of legally recognising humanist marriages.
Answer: We are aware that weddings are an important issue for humanists and that the Law Commission has made recommendations for wholesale change of weddings law in July 2022. We will take the time as a new Government to properly consider this issue. We will set ...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Solar PowerMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, by what date she intends to make it a requirement that all new homes and buildings should have solar panels as default except in defined cases; and by what date she will issue gu
Answer: As set out in our manifesto, the Government will take steps to ensure we are building more high-quality, well-designed and sustainable homes. We will publish our response to the Future Homes and Buildings Standards 2023 consultation in due course.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: BuildingsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an estimate of the amount of non-residential building roof space that is (a) available and (b) suitable for the installation of solar panels.
Answer: The Government does not take a prescriptive approach to the amount of rooftop solar deployment required, nor to the mix between installation on domestic and non-domestic properties. Therefore, no such estimate has been made. However, the Government is cle...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps enable households with solar panels and battery storage to receive the rate of wholesale electricity as payment for excess electricity exported to the grid for the next
Answer: Both rooftop solar and battery storage will play a crucial role in the Government’s mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower, by saving families money on their bills and giving us energy security. Over 1.2 million homes now have solar PV installed...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCongenital Disorder of GlycosylationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a national patient register for Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the potential merits of establishing a national patient register for congenital disorders of glycosylation. There are no plans in England for a specific registry for this condition. Metabolic patients are included in the Nat...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCongenital Disorder of GlycosylationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including a dedicated Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation section in the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases.
Answer: No assessment has been made of the potential merits of including a dedicated section on congenital disorders of glycosylation in the UK Rare Diseases Framework. The framework was published in 2021, and provides a national vision for how to improve the liv...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish National (Overseas): AirportsHome OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set a target date for British National (Overseas) passport holders to be able to use eGates at the UK border.
Answer: The introduction of eGates has been part of the Home Office’s wider approach to transforming our borders. Currently, there are over 270 eGates in place at 15 air and rail ports, open to British citizens and a range of other nationalities.We are in the pro...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to reduce housing targets for local planning authorities in the metropolitan greenbelt where nationally-imposed transport infrastructure is designa
Answer: Housing targets are an important tool to ensure housing is delivered in the right places – this is critical in tackling the chronic shortage that the country is facing that means owning a home is a distant reality for much of the public.We cannot local a ...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 409More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of existing business rate valuations on (a) high street independent shops and (b) pubs and other hospitality businesses.
Answer: The government is committed to a fairer business rates system. In our manifesto, we pledged to level the playing field between the high street and online giants, better incentivise investment, tackle empty properties and support entrepreneurship.
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to hold discussions with the F40 campaign group on SEND funding allocations.
Answer: The department will take time to consider the high needs national funding formula (NFF) that it uses to allocate funding for children and young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities. The department is considering the impact of the...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: HertfordshireDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the SEND funding formula allocations for pupils in Hertfordshire.
Answer: The department will take time to consider the high needs national funding formula (NFF) that it uses to allocate funding for children and young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities. The department is considering the impact of the...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordAviation: Climate ChangeDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report by the Climate Change Committee entitled 2023 Progress Report to Parliament, published on 28 June 2023, whether he plans to accept the recommendation that no airport expansions shou
Answer: Decarbonising transport is central to delivery of the UK’s cross-economy climate targets and directly supports the Prime Minister’s mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower and accelerate our journey to net zero.Delivering greener transport is on...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordWatford Hospital: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will retain the previous Government's commitment to release funds to West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for the purpose of commencing construction of the new hospital at Wat
Answer: The National Health Service is broken, and the Government is determined to fix it. We recognise the need for investment in NHS estates across the country, including at Watford General Hospital. We will provide the investment and reform needed to get patie...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordWatford Hospital: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will visit West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust within his first 100 days to be briefed on plans for the construction of the new hospital at Watford General.
Answer: The National Health Service is broken, and the Government is determined to fix it. We recognise the need for investment in NHS estates across the country, including at Watford General Hospital. We will provide the investment and reform needed to get patie...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public, consultation response: analysis, published on 17 February 2023, if he will make it his policy to re
Answer: The Government will consider this issue as part of wider policy work on regulations for healthcare professionals.
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance entitled Summer born children: advice for admission authorities, published on 27 April 2023, whether she plans to introduce additional guidance for summer born children with an ed
Answer: The department will be considering whether to publish such additional guidance and will confirm its decision in due course.
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordChildcare: British National (Overseas)Department for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to extend free childcare to holders of British National (Overseas) passports working in the UK.
Answer: This government is determined to make early years the department’s top priority, reset its engagement with the sector and set every child on the journey to improved life chances. The government will say more about plans for early education and childcare i...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies: Money Laundering and Tax EvasionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help tackle (a) money laundering and (b) tax evasion in the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories (CDOTs), in the context of the number o
Answer: Financial secrecy facilitates illicit finance including money laundering as well as tax and sanctions evasion. It enables serious and organised crime, undermines our national security by supporting kleptocracies around the world, and it diverts resources ...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Election 2024: Absent VotingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many postal ballots requested by overseas electors for the General Election were returned by post and received by their local council (a) before and (b) after the deadline to
Answer: Returning Officers are required at elections to record the number of postal ballot packs received before and after the close of poll and this information is available for public inspection after the election. No separate record is kept by Returning Office...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Election 2024: Absent VotingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the number of electors registered for a postal vote who were unable to vote in the General Election because
Answer: Returning Officers are required at elections to record the number of postal ballot packs received before and after the close of poll and this information is available for public inspection after the election. No separate record is kept by Returning Office...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordAJM Healthcare: WheelchairsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many disabled adults have been waiting for an NHS wheelchair from AJM Healthcare for longer than (a) 6 months, (b) 12 months, (c) two years and (d) three years.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchairs services. It is therefore the responsibility of ICBs to review and assess the quality of the provision of their commissioned National Health Service whe...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordWheelchairs: ProcurementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the provision of NHS wheelchair services by AJM Healthcare.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchairs services. It is therefore the responsibility of ICBs to review and assess the quality of the provision of their commissioned National Health Service whe...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
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