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1309555

registered interest
date	15/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide assistance in securing a response from the Director General of UK Visas and Immigration, to the letter dated 3 December 2020 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, regarding an asylum claim, reference ZA54763.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	181211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 16 April 2021</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/04/2021 16:02:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1308709

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 10 February 2021, ref ZA55528, on flooded subways in Skelmersdale.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	180453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>My Office has no record of receiving this letter. I have asked my Office to contact the Hon Member’s Office to re-send the correspondence and arrange for a reply to be sent.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 19/04/2021 14:41:20 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1306952

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to ensure that changes brought in by the Coronavirus Act 2020 which have digitised the death registration process are retained after March 2022.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	178629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>No such plans have been made as the changes brought in by the Coronavirus Act 2020 have not digitised the death registration process.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/04/2021 09:56:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1307039

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 11 December 2020 on continuing care.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	178929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>We replied to the hon. Member’s letter on 15 April.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/04/2021 16:37:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1307072

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Funeral Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2021 to Question 162619, o Funeral Payments, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the rejection of 47 per cent of applications for the funeral expenses payment in January 2021.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	178930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>In reference to the Answer of 8<sup>th</sup> March 2021 to Question 162619, the following figures were included: In January 2021 there were 3,890 Funeral Expenses Payment applications received, and 2,050 awards paid.</p><p> </p><p>Reasons for this discrepancy are below:</p><ul><li>The figures relate to applications received by DWP, not applications processed. Some applications may have been withdrawn before a decision was made.</li><li>Applications received aren’t always processed in the same month in which they are received. The clearance standards for average actuals clearance times for Funeral Expenses Payments are 13 days. An application made in January 2021 might not have been awarded until February 2021.</li><li>The number of applications made is not equal to the number of people who made applications, as individuals may make multiple applications in a given time period.</li><li>Differences between any comparisons made of applications received, initial decisions, awards and initial refusals are due to applications being withdrawn; applicants rejecting or not responding to loan offers; and decisions outstanding at the time of the count.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We publish application success rate in Annex 1 of the Social Fund Annual Report. The latest available is the 2018/19 report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-fund-annual-report-2018-to-2019/social-fund-annual-report-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-fund-annual-report-2018-to-2019/social-fund-annual-report-2018-to-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2021 12:26:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1307198

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dementia: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on dementia research; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	178931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. However, the Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) published a framework in May 2020 to support the restarting of research, including dementia research, paused due to COVID-19 which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/restart-framework/24886" target="_blank">https://www.nihr.ac.uk/documents/restart-framework/24886</a></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/04/2021 16:38:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1307199

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	BSL Health Access: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the funding for BSL Health Access; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	178932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not made a recent assessment of the potential merits of extending the funding for the British Sign Language (BSL) Health Access service. NHS England and NHS Improvement have commissioned a rapid review into access to BSL interpretation in the National Health Service which is near completion. The review will set out clear steps to support NHS providers to meet their responsibilities to deliver access to BSL interpretation.</p><p>All NHS providers must comply with the public sector equality duty set out in the Equality Act 2010 and the Accessible Information Standard to ensure that deaf people who wish to communicate using BSL can do so. NHS England and NHS Improvement have extended access to BSL interpretation of their 111 service via Interpreter Now.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 178933 question first answered 20/04/2021 14:13:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1307200

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Services: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that deaf British Sign Language users have access to be able to communicate with health providers 24 hours per day, seven days a week.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	178933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not made a recent assessment of the potential merits of extending the funding for the British Sign Language (BSL) Health Access service. NHS England and NHS Improvement have commissioned a rapid review into access to BSL interpretation in the National Health Service which is near completion. The review will set out clear steps to support NHS providers to meet their responsibilities to deliver access to BSL interpretation.</p><p>All NHS providers must comply with the public sector equality duty set out in the Equality Act 2010 and the Accessible Information Standard to ensure that deaf people who wish to communicate using BSL can do so. NHS England and NHS Improvement have extended access to BSL interpretation of their 111 service via Interpreter Now.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 178932 question first answered 20/04/2021 14:13:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1307854

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 11 December 2020 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA54827, regarding the Government's £500 covid-19 self-isolation grant.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	178939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2021 answer text <p>We replied to the hon. Member on 14 April.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/04/2021 09:28:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1307855

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 8 January 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA55025, on a constituent's covid-19 vaccine grouping.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	178940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2021 answer text <p>We replied to the hon. Member on 14 April.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 16/04/2021 09:27:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper