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1660625

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date	13/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Luton Airport: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Answer of 13 September 2023 to Oral Question 906407 from the Member for St Albans, whether the Government plans to accept the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee that there should be no further airport expansion until a capacity management framework is in place.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	199520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s existing policy frameworks for airport planning – the Airports National Policy Statement and Making Best Use of existing runways policy – provide a robust and balanced framework for airports to grow sustainably.</p><p> </p><p>Any planning application submitted by an airport will be judged by the relevant planning authority, taking careful account of all relevant considerations, including environmental impacts and proposed mitigations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering the CCC recommendations carefully and will be responding in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2023 15:48:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1659746

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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	UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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 on 17 August 2023, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of that report on the Government's progress in implementing the recommendations of the report by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entitled Inquiry concerning the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland carried out by the Committee under article 6 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention, published in October 2017.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	198886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>We note 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 on 17 August 2023.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to improving the lives of disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>We have implemented numerous policies and programmes to tackle the barriers faced by disabled people, including investing in employment support initiatives, improving social care support and better the accessibility of homes and transport. In March, the Department for Work and Pensions published the Health and Disability White Paper, which sets out the Government’s plans to reform the welfare system and make it better meet the needs of disabled people in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supported the passage of the British Sign Language Act 2022, which recognises BSL as a language of England, Wales and Scotland in its own right. To further improve accessible communication, we have appointed the non-statutory BSL Advisory Board.</p><p> </p><p>In July, we launched an accessible 12-week consultation on our new Disability Action Plan, which is part of this Government’s commitment to create a society that works for everyone, where all can participate and be fully included. The Disability Action Plan will set out the immediate action the Government will take in 2023 and 2024 to improve disabled people’s lives, as well as laying the foundations for longer term change, and it complements the long-term vision set out in the National Disability Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We will be shortly setting out our plans for taking forward individual commitments in the National Disability Strategy, to make the greatest possible impact for disabled people<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/09/2023 13:40:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1640548

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether it is her Department's policy to provide additional funding to support disabled candidates standing at the next General Election.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	186960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 stipulates that parties must make reasonable adjustments to support disabled candidates and ensure, as far as possible, that they have the same access as non-disabled candidates. Ministers have made clear in letters to parties and Statements to the House that ultimately the responsibility sits with political parties.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/06/2023 15:45:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1627901

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will have discussions with the Treasury on the potential merits of issuing guidance to UK based pension providers that the British National Overseas passport should be considered a valid identity document for the purposes of unfreezing the pension assets of people from Hong Kong who have moved to the UK under the BNO visa scheme.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	185123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>We are aware of the difficulties British National (Overseas) (BN(O))s are experiencing in seeking early withdrawal of their pension held by the Mandatory Provident Fund in Hong Kong. The root of the problem is the Chinese Government's decision not to recognise the BN(O) passport as a valid identity document in Hong Kong. The UK firmly opposes the discrimination of BN(O)s in this way. We have urged the Hong Kong authorities to facilitate the early drawdown of funds as is the case for other Hong Kong residents who move overseas permanently. I last did so with Christopher Hui, Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury on 18 April and pressed for a pragmatic solution. The Investment Minister, Lord Johnson, also raised the matter with Hong Kong's Commercial Secretary, Algernon Yau, during his recent visit to Hong Kong.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 18/05/2023 15:51:47 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1584428

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 136862 on Disease Control, what the cost to the public purse was of the two mobile UV irradiation units deployed at 1 Victoria Street.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	140309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The cost to the public purse of the two mobile UV irradiation units deployed at 1 Victoria Street was £1358, excluding VAT.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 09/02/2023 16:31:52 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1548392

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Local Housing Allowance: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of not uprating Local Housing Allowance on rates of (a) eviction and (b) homelessness applications in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	103000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>The causes of homelessness are multi-faceted and often complex, they interact dynamically making it difficult to isolate the relative importance of individual factors.</p><p> </p><p>In 2020 LHA rates were raised to the 30th percentile, a significant investment of almost £1 billion, we have maintained the increase since then so that everyone who benefited from the increase continues to do so.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that rents are increasing but the challenging fiscal environment means that difficult decisions were necessary to ensure support is targeted effectively. The Chancellor announced at Autumn Statement a package of targeted support worth £26 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Government has committed to a ban on section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions to protect tenants and will introduce a Renters Reform Bill in this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is also providing an additional £50 million, through a top up to the Homelessness Prevention Grant, for local authorities to help prevent vulnerable households from becoming homeless. This additional investment builds on the £316 million in funding already available to local authorities through the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2022/23. This is part of the £2 billion of funding to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>For those who require additional support with housing costs, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are available. Since 2011 we have provided nearly £1.5 billion in funding for DHPs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/12/2022 17:27:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1521676

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Business Rates: Reviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the outcome to the Business Rates Review: technical consultation which closed on 22 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	63005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government will respond to the technical consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/10/2022 16:42:04 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1504058

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Visual Impairment: Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the rise in the cost of living on people who are blind and partially sighted.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	45619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2022 answer text <p>While there has been no formal assessment of the impact of the rise in the cost of living on people who are blind and partially sighted, my colleague the Minister for Disabled People has commissioned officials to investigate the lived experience of disabled people resulting from the rising cost of living.</p><p> </p><p>Over the summer a number of meetings and focus groups have taken place to hear disabled people's experiences, including one which was set up jointly with RNIB. Alongside this officials are building the evidence base on how cost of living is impacting disabled people. This information will feed into the Government’s considered response.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/09/2022 16:01:01 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1468653

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Accountability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that parent carers can hold health and social providers to account when they do not meet legal deadlines for providing SEND support.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	14625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for St Albans to the answer I gave on 10 June 2022 to questions <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-02/13292" target="_blank">13292</a>, <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-02/13293" target="_blank">13293</a>, and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-02/13294" target="_blank">13294</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 14624 14626 question first answered 17/06/2022 13:44:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1465528

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Debts: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions officials in their Department have had with (a) the International Monetary Fund and (b) G7 member countries on the effect of the upcoming debt repayments due from Ukraine on that country’s ability to mitigate the humanitarian impact of Russian aggression.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	8171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK continues to work with its international partners, including with its G7 partners and International Financial Institutions such as the IMF, to progress current and future support to Ukraine. The Government of Ukraine has been clear that it wishes to remain current on its debt service repayments to all its creditors and has not requested a debt deferral or restructuring from its creditors.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s combined package to Ukraine in response to the crisis totals over $3 billion. This comprises of around $500 million in economic and humanitarian support for Ukraine, making the UK a leading bilateral humanitarian donor; almost $1 billion in guarantees on World Bank lending to Ukraine; $50 million in potential guarantees on lending to Ukraine by the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development; and over $1.5 billion in military aid. We continue to discuss Ukraine’s economic support needs directly with Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 31/05/2022 09:44:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper