Every parliamentary written question tabled by Daisy Cooper this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Whether he plans to visit Watford General Hospital before his Department's review of the New Hospital Programme is complete.
Ministers regularly consider visits across the country. Any plans to visit specific locations will be notified to the Hon. Members in advance.
Whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of raising employer’s National Insurance Contributions on small and medium-sized businesses.
The government does not speculate on tax changes outside of fiscal events. Where changes are made, information about impacts is published in the usual way.
Whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of raising employer’s National Insurance Contributions on the hospitality sector.
The government does not speculate on tax changes outside of fiscal events. Where changes are made, information about impacts is published in the usual way.
With reference to the blog post entitled How we’re dealing with bots and the reselling of driving tests, published by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency on 29 June 2023, what progress that Agency has made
To ensure fairness for everyone wanting to book a practical driving test, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) continues to work hard to combat the unscrupulous practice of reselling tests. In January 2023, DVSA changed its booking service terms...
If she will make it her policy to increase the Lifetime ISA property cap threshold in line with the rate of house price inflation.
Data from the latest UK House Price Index shows that while the average price paid by first-time buyers has increased, it is still below the LISA property price cap in all regions of the UK except for London, where the average price paid is affected by bor...
What assessment he has made of the potential merits of permitting GPs to prescribe a third epi pen to school children with severe allergies when school policies require them to leave one of the two
Clinicians are responsible for making prescribing decisions for their patients and, where appropriate, can prescribe the number of EpiPens needed, taking into account best practice, the patient's needs, and any local or national guidance. There are alread...
Whether he has received recent representations from the charitable hospice sector on the impact of statutory funding levels on the adequacy of (a) service levels, (b) staffing levels and (c) patien
Whilst the majority of palliative and end of life care is provided by National Health Service staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including hospices, also play in providing support to people at end of life,...
Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October to Question 6533 on Disposable Wipes: Plastics, on what date he plans to bring forward proposals to implement a ban on the sale of wet wipes contai
The Government is working together with the devolved governments to understand the issue, with a view to legislate to ban wet wipes containing plastic across the UK.
Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply substantively to the correspondence of 23 January 2024 from the Hon. Member for St Albans on behalf of her constituent, his Department’s reference MC2024/01885,
Correspondence MC2024/01885 is undergoing clearance processes and will be issued shortly. MC2024/01885 was one of a very large number of correspondences on this topic received by the department which contributed to delays in responses. Following dissoluti...
Whether airlines who will have responsibility for checking electronic travel authorisations (ETA) for EU nationals from 2 April 2025 will also have the ability to check (a) EU identity cards and (b) E
If their passengers hold an ETA and are seeking to travel to the UK using the passport they used to apply for their ETA, airlines will receive automated messaging confirming the existence of a permission to travel.If their passengers hold an eVisa and are...
Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to prohibit the sale and use of wet wipes containing plastic.
This Government has called for the banning of the sale of wet wipes containing plastic.
Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to require sustainable drainage systems for new housing developments under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Planning policy requires that Sustainable Drainage Systems are included in all new major developments, unless there is clear evidence that this would be inappropriate. The Government is currently assessing how best to implement its ambitions on sustainabl...
If she will review IR35 rules.
The Government keeps all tax policy under review to identify potential improvements.
What the cost to the public purse of winter fuel payments to overseas residents was in 2023/24.
Annual statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payments made to individuals and households are publicly available via GOV.UK. The latest statistics cover winter 2023 to 2024. The winter 2023 to 2024 Winter Fuel Payment expenditure for residents in eligibl...
With reference to the Hertfordshire SEND Improvement Plan, published in December 2023, whether her Department (a) was consulted on and (b) agreed with the implementation of the Hertfordshire County Council targ
The target of 60% of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans being completed within 20 weeks by Hertfordshire County Council is published in the local area partnership’s priority action plan. The department understands from Hertfordshire County Council tha...
What assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling rail users to buy a discounted season ticket using a (a) young person's and (b) 26 to 30 railcard.
Affordability of rail travel is one of our key objectives. However, any concessions made to rail fares policy must balance benefits for certain groups against the impacts on taxpayers. Season tickets already provide a discount compared to single, return a...
Whether she has received representations from Hertfordshire County Council to request funding to (a) assess the viability of and (b) introduce bus franchising in Hertfordshire.
The government is determined to deliver better bus services, grow passenger numbers and drive opportunity to under-served regions. It has set out a plan to achieve this, based on giving local leaders the tools they need to ensure bus services reflect the ...
Whether any HIV peer support services were (a) wholly or (b) partially funded by the public purse in 2023-24
The Adult service specification for people living with HIV sets out the requirement for HIV services to ensure that people living with HIV have access to emotional and psychological support, including peer support. However, NHS England Specialised Commiss...
With reference to the oral contribution of Baroness Merron of 11 September 2024, House of Lords, Official Report, column 1565, what steps he is taking to engage with people who have been diagnosed
We are making progress in ending new transmissions of HIV within England by 2030 but we know more work needs to be done to achieve our ambitions. The Department, the UK Health and Security Agency, NHS England and a broad range of system partners are worki...
How many staff have left the NHS ophthalmic sector to join ophthalmic units in independent treatment centres.
The Department does not hold the information requested.