Daisy Cooper

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Financial Assistance Scheme: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he has made an assessment the potential merits of (a) adjusting and (b) abolishing the 2.5% cap on inflation related increases for recipients of the Financial Assistance Scheme.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an equality impact assessment of train station car park contactors permitting payment by smart phone apps only.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the Equality Impact Assessments undertaken by his Department on the potential closure of railway station ticket offices in England.

11 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission entitled Seven Years On: disabled people’s rights to independent living, employment and standard of living in the UK, published o

11 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2023 to Question 197611 on Beer: Excise Duties, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide an exemption to paying full duty on containers for on-trade pr

8 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Asylum: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled Evaluation of the Refugee and Migrant Advice Service’s Alternative to Detention Pilot, published on 23 August 2023, whether her Department plans to accept the 10

8 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Hospitality Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to report by Ofgem entitled Non-domestic market review: Findings and policy consultation, published on 6 September 2023, whether she plans to take steps to support hospitality

4 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Qualifying date, qualifying lease and extent, updated on 21 April 2023, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to p

4 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend the draught beer relief to takeaway sales by licensed premises whose primary business is the sale of draught products for consumption on the premises.

4 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has received representations from (a) CAMRA and (b) organisers of beer and cider festivals on the effect of the draught relief provisions in the Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 on their ability to se

4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the readiness of NHS England's new in-house IT system that will replace the National Immunisation Management Service.

4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England's new in-house IT system that will replace the National Immunisation Management Service will include (a) a single data store holding vaccination records for all people, (b) a ca

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Age Addition

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners have received letters informing them that they will receive the 25p age addition increase from their 80th Birthday since 1 January 2023.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July to Question 906018 on Degrees, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of students graduating from universities without receiving their degree classification

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Parks: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations in the report Safer Parks: Improving access for women and girls.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency are taking to prevent the use of automated bots for booking driving tests.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of driving tests that have been booked by automated bots and re-sold at an inflated price since 1 January 2023.

1 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Exports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing the VAT Retail Export Scheme for international visitors to the UK.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Food: Allergies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Food Standards Agency on introducing allergen guidance for schools to help protect children with food allergies.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vorasidenib

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) Servier and (b) the MHRA about making Vorasidenib available to clinically suitable brain tumour patients in the UK under the Early Access to Medicines Scheme

1 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working: PAYE

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Off-payroll working: calculation of PAYE liability in cases of non-compliance, published on 27 April 2023, what his Department's expected timescale is for resp

19 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Educational Visits: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a school travel scheme to enable EU school groups to visit the UK.

17 Jul 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Almshouses: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling alms houses to access section 106 funding in the same way as housing associations.

12 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Human Rights: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to protect Hong Kong human rights activists in the UK.

12 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Arrest Warrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his international counterparts on suspending extradition treaties to (a) Hong Kong and the (b) People’s Republic of China in the context o

12 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Arrest Warrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterpart in China on the arrest warrants for and HK$1 million bounty on eight self-exiled pro-democracy activists and law makers

11 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help support Afghan refugees who are not able to secure housing before their bridging hotels close in August 2023.

11 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Felling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) enabling local authorities to set tariffs for the unnecessary felling of trees and (b) using the monies rai

11 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Restless Legs Sydrome: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of prescribed medications for (a) restless leg syndrome and (b) periodic leg movement disorder.

11 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Restless Legs Sydrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of (a) restless leg syndrome and (b) periodic leg movement disorder have been diagnosed in each of the last five years.