Daisy Cooper MP: written questions
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Fly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has received any representations from (a) farmers, (b) other rural landowners and (c) other interested parties calling for a single responsible body to receive and investiga
Answer: Defra not received any representations from farmers, other rural landowners and other interested parties calling for a single responsible body to receive and investigate incidents of fly-tipping. Local councils are responsible for investigating most fly-t...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92918More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November to Question 90360 on Business Rates, how many business premises (a) have been brought into paying business rates for the first time and (b) will pay more per year in business ra
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency is responsible for compiling the non-domestic rating lists and setting the rateable value for each non-domestic property. Local billing authorities then use this information to calculate rates payable by using the multiplier se...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSummertimeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing double summer time.
Answer: The government believes the current daylight-saving arrangements represent the optimal use of the available daylight across the UK. The government believes now would not be the time to make changes that would require considerable planning and action by bu...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: ParentsHome OfficeTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest processing times for a decision on an in-country parent visa application.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish this specific information, but the current expected processing times for in-country parent visa applications can be found at: Visa processing times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90360More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Business rates: forward look, updated on 11 September 2025, on what date the Valuation Office Agency will publish a full list of updated rateable values for a
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency plans to publish draft valuations for the 2026 Rating List on 26 November 2025, and the new list will take effect on 1 April 2026.
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward the statutory review of the Jet Zero strategy.
Answer: This Government is committed to delivering greener transport as part of its missions to kickstart economic growth and make Britain a clean energy superpower. We are progressing a range of measures to support the decarbonisation of the aviation sector at p...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordQuarrying: HatfieldMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will reject plans to establish a quarry at the former Hatfield Aerodrome.
Answer: Due to the quasi-judicial role of MHCLG Ministers in the planning system, I am unable to comment on the details of individual cases.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: CPR and DefibrillatorsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding is available for schools to purchase (a) defibrillators and (b) CPR training equipment.
Answer: The department provided over 20,000 defibrillators to almost 18,000 schools, ensuring that all state-funded schools in England have access to a device.The programme is now closed; however, schools who wish to purchase defibrillators are able to buy them t...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: CPRDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue guidance to schools on how to access training resources to help deliver the CPR Smart programme.
Answer: All state funded schools are required to teach first aid as part of the statutory health education set out in the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) statutory guidance. Independent schools are required to cover health education as part of thei...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Air Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment as part of the New Hospital Programme of the adequacy of the number of helipads available for air ambulance use.
Answer: The clinical need and business cases for helipads at New Hospital Programme schemes will continue to be reviewed as schemes’ business plans progress through the usual assurance processes. As part of the Hospital 2.0 standardisation work, we are continuing...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain Cancer: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 77609 on Medical Treatments: Cost Effectiveness, what percentage of completed NICE appraisals for brain tumour medications have led to approval
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not published final guidance on any brain tumour appraisals in the last 12 months.NICE is currently developing guidance on the use of vorasidenib for treating astrocytoma or oligodendrogliom...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Treatments: Cost EffectivenessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 77609 on Medical Treatments: Cost Effectiveness, if he will instruct NICE to review the adequacy of the Quality-Adjusted Life Year threshold fo
Answer: The pharmaceutical sector and the innovative medicines it produces are critical to our national interest, helping people access life changing treatments, reducing pressure on the health service over the longer-term, and ensuring we have a National Health ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVorasidenibDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had discussions with (a) NICE and (b) Servier on the barriers to approving Vorasidenib for use by the NHS for the treatment of low glade glioma.
Answer: Department officials regularly speak with colleagues in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to discuss a range of issues, including the status of individual appraisals. As NICE is an independent body, it would not be appropriate f...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increased use of VPNs on the level of (a) data and (b) national security risks since the introduction of the
Answer: The Department is monitoring the impact of circumvention techniques, including VPNs, on the Online Safety Act. Ofcom told Parliament last month that UK usage of VPN apps had declined from an initial peak when the Act’s child safety duties commenced.There ...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: St AlbansDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of driving tests in St Albans.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times.On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport Se...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the (a) findings of and (b) next steps from its consultation entitled Improving car driving test booking rules, published on 28 May 2025.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times.On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport Se...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: LitterDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to set National Highways key performance indicators for cleaning up litter.
Answer: The Government intends to set National Highways a performance indicator (PI) for cleaning up litter on their roads as part of a wide range of performance indicators for the third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3) period, covering the years 2026/27 to 2030/3...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCurriculum and Assessment ReviewDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the final recommendations of the Curriculum and Assessment Review.
Answer: The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review’s final report and recommendations will be published this autumn. The government’s response will be published alongside this.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain submitted by Syrian nationals (a) before October 2024 and (b) to date are pending decision.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: EU NationalsHome OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of EU Settlement Scheme applications submitted before December 2022 have yet to be processed.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held but the current EUSS processing times are published on GOV.UK - EU Settlement Scheme: current estimated processing times for applications - GOV.UK.EUSS applications are considered on the specific facts of ea...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: EU NationalsHome OfficeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the (a) shortest, (b) average and (c) longest processing times for a decision on an EU Settlement Scheme application.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held but the current EUSS processing times are published on GOV.UK - EU Settlement Scheme: current estimated processing times for applications - GOV.UK.EUSS applications are considered on the specific facts of ea...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParaneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May to Question 51941 on Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: Diagnosis, if his Department will write to the laboratories that do provide testing for the condition and ask
Answer: There are no current plans to write to laboratories that provide testing for paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis to ask whether this includes KLHl11 antibody testing.27 pathology networks across England are working to provide a vast range of tests to ensure ...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2025 to Question 77147 on Personal Independence Payment, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the impact of registration of an appointee on a person's PI
Answer: There are no plans to collect this data. We aim to process applications for appointeeship as soon as possible to avoid delays. It is important that the department conducts checks to ensure that an appointee is both suitable to act and needed by the claima...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: OverpaymentsTreasuryTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82719More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions a repayment of overpaid tax to a customer who has submitted a voluntary self-assessment return been delayed by longer than (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months in the latest period for which da
Answer: HMRC recognise that repayments are important for customers. They prioritise them and work hard to ensure they are processed as quickly and securely as possible.Like any financial institution, HMRC are an attractive target for organised criminals who conti...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovia Thameslink Railway: CrewDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department has instructed Thameslink to recruit more train drivers since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Since July 2024, the Department has continued to press Govia Thameslink Railway to deliver its on-going train driver recruitment programme which will increase Thameslink drivers by nearly 100 (circa 8 per cent). Training new drivers typically takes around...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
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