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869402

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Gaza: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the security situation in Gaza.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	133916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text While the Foreign Secretary has not recently discussed this specific issue with his Israeli counterpart, our Embassy in Tel Aviv and our Consulate-General in Jerusalem frequently urge both the Israeli and Palestinian authorities to take steps to improve conditions in Gaza. Every Israeli and Palestinian has the right to live in peace and security. We strongly condemn the recent attempted assassination of Prime Minister Hamdallah on 13 March, for which there is no justification. The UK continues to support the return of the legitimate Palestinian Authority to Gaza. We urge non-violence, dialogue and progress towards a sustainable Hamas-Fatah reconciliation and an improvement in the humanitarian situation in Gaza. answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 27/03/2018 17:16:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 50223 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1135566

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Vaccination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans in place to ensure the urgent availability of immunisation against Hepatitis for all prison personnel; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	270729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASAWA), all employers must provide (so far as is reasonably practicable) a safe place of work and safe systems of work. This includes HM Prison and Probation Service for public sector prisons, and G4S/Sodexo/Serco for privately managed prisons.HM Prison and Probation Service offers and provides Hepatitis B vaccinations, followed by all required vaccination courses and/or blood tests, to ensure staff are protected at work. These are administered by our Occupational Health supplier, Optima Health, for Prison Officers, First Aid Officers and Operational Support grade staff across public sector prisons in England and Wales. The majority of public sector prisons have received Hepatitis B immunisation clinics in 2019. The remaining establishments will receive their clinics in the next few months. Human resources arrangements in privately managed prisons, including offering and providing Hepatitis B vaccinations, are the responsibility of providers. There is no preventative vaccine to protect against Hepatitis C. Therefore, post exposure management such as immediate first aid followed by appropriate risk assessment, is essential. Staff in public sector prisons receive education and training on safe systems of work, universal precautions, hand hygiene and use of personal protective equipment in relation to dealing with body fluids at work. Use of blood spillage kits are used by trained individuals only.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Occupational health (OH) intervention in HMPPS includes provision of immediate and clinical advice by specialist nurses following suspected and actual blood to blood exposure incidents for staff at all levels via a HMPPS 24/7 telephone advice line.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/07/2019 16:57:03 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1123377

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2019
	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	Palliative Care
	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 effectiveness of the NHS Long Term Plan in achieving the Government’s commitment to end variation in end-of-life care by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	248012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>‘Our Commitment to you for end of life care’, published in July 2016, set out what everyone should expect from their care at the end of life and the actions we are taking to make high quality care a reality for all. Since its publication, NHS England has been working to deliver the Choice Commitment, as set out in the Government’s Mandate to the National Health Service. Through its National Programme Board for End of life Care, a range of activity has been coordinated and undertaken with all key system partners care and stakeholders to improve equity of access to, and experience of, palliative and end of life care. A progress report was published the following year on 21 September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Key to reducing variation and delivering personalised care is ensuring that patients are identified as likely to be in their last year of life. This means their end of life care can be improved by personalising it according to their needs and preferences at an earlier stage. However, it is also vital that services are available to provide the care to people in the community and in their homes in a timely way. The Long Term Plan published on 7 January 2019, set out significant investment and activity to drive further improvement in both these areas in support of the Government’s Choice Commitment.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/05/2019 11:00:31 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1123375

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2019
	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	Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
	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 his Department is taking to increase the uptake of (a) new and (b) underused vaccines to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	248010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>‘Contained and controlled: The UK’s 20-year vision for antimicrobial resistance’ recognises the important role of vaccines in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR).</p><p>The United Kingdom supports the delivery and uptake of vaccines internationally through UK Aid programmes, including the Global AMR Innovation Fund, the UK Vaccine Network, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the Global Vaccine Action Plan. Through these programmes UK Aid supports initiatives to ensure that all low and middle-income countries have introduced one or more new or underused vaccines by 2020.</p><p>In addition, our expert advisory committees are considering how vaccines can be better employed to support the control of AMR in the UK.</p><p>More generally, vaccinations are a key part of the prevention strategy in the NHS Long Term Plan. To help increase immunisation uptake, NHS England will undertake a fundamental review of general practitioner vaccinations and immunisation standards, funding and procurement. This will support the goal of preventing primary and secondary infections.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/05/2019 16:52:25 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1082281

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provisions are in place to ensure a sustainable future for children’s services in West Lancashire.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	228626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>​Funding for children’s services is made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. We are in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal – worth over £200 billion in the 5 years to 2020.</p><p>At the Autumn Budget 2018, the government made £410 million available to local authorities, in 2019/20, for adult and children social care. The government also announced £84 million in targeted, evidence-based interventions which will transform services to reduce demand, saving money for local authorities but most importantly, improving the quality of services for our most vulnerable children.</p><p>The Department for Education is working closely with Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government on the review of relative needs and resources to develop a robust, up-to-date approach to funding distribution for children's services at local government finance settlements.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 11/03/2019 14:40:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

795316

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to reply to my letter of 3 August 2017, requesting a meeting following my earlier question to the Prime Minister on flooding.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	115737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Your letter addressed to the Secretary of State has now been responded to.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/12/2017 17:46:50 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

982750

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wymott Prison: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on a recent assault made on a prison officer at HMP Wymott involving a prisoner throwing boiling water at that officer; and what steps he is taking to protect prison officers from such assaults.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	176117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>While I cannot comment on individual cases, I would like to reassure The hon. Member for West Lancashire, Rosie Cooper MP, and the prison officer involved that assaults on our hard-working staff will never be tolerated. Prisoners can expect to face sanctions and, for serious assaults, be investigated by the police. The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 received Royal Assent on 13 September 2018. This doubles the maximum sentence for an assault on an emergency worker, including prison officers, that a criminal court may impose.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside our work with the police and CPS to prosecute such offences, to protect our prison staff we have invested in 5,600 body-worn cameras and are rolling out rigid-bar handcuffs. Early next year we will begin to equip every prison officer in the adult male prison estate with incapacitant spray – PAVA. PAVA can help to prevent serious harm to staff and prisoners alike, as well as being a tool to persuade prisoners in the act of violence to stop. Only prisons who have rolled out the key worker scheme – which is vital in building relationships between offenders and staff – will get PAVA. It will be a crucial step in our efforts to help reduce serious harm in prisons.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/10/2018 16:33:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

818667

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Abandoned Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the time frame is for local authorities to (a) respond and (b) take action in regard to a report of an untaxed or abandoned vehicle on a public road.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	121431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Where it appears to a local authority that a vehicle in its area is abandoned, it has a duty to remove the vehicle, unless (in the case of vehicles not on a carriageway) the cost of moving the vehicle to the nearest carriageway would be unreasonably high. There is no statutory definition of ‘abandoned’, and it is for councils to determine whether any particular vehicle has been abandoned.</p><p>There is no statutory time frame for responding to reports of abandoned vehicles. Where a vehicle is abandoned on land that is ‘occupied’, the local authority must give the occupier 15 days’ notice that it proposes to remove the vehicle. The local authority is not entitled to remove the vehicle if the occupier objects to the proposal within that period. If the occupier gives the local authority permission to remove the vehicle during this 15-day period, the vehicle may be removed immediately, but there is no statutory time-frame for doing so.</p><p>It is up to councils to decide how best to meet their statutory duties in respect of abandoned vehicles, and how to prioritise this against other local services.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/01/2018 17:21:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

795323

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if his Department is required to consider all evidence in support of an individual's application for Personal Independence Payment if that evidence is submitted before the Department's stated deadline for the application.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	115744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>When making their decision, case managers will look at all the available evidence to determine eligibility for PIP. Additional evidence can be submitted at any point up to where the case manager makes a decision. It’s a requirement that the PIP 2 questionnaire is returned within the deadline given, although rules and procedures allow claimants additional time to complete the form where that is reasonably required.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/12/2017 13:36:46 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1035114

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	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	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to improve the protection of the rights of people subject to the provisions of the Mental Health Act 2007.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	205229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>We welcome the publication of final report of the independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983, which was commissioned by the Prime Minister.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider the report and its recommendations in detail and respond in due course. We remain committed to reforming mental health law and have committed to develop and bring forward legislation when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>We have already accepted two of the recommendations of the review; the establishment of new statutory advance choice documents, so that people’s wishes and preferences carry far more legal weight, and the creation of a new role of ‘nominated person’ to be chosen by the patient to replace the current nearest relative provisions. This will support the review’s overall purpose of increasing patient rights and improving the way the Act works for people.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 205230 205860 question first answered 10/01/2019 15:29:01 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper