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1714539

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) dates, (b) times and (c) locations of incidents when smart-motorway technology lost power.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	24139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>This is an operational matter, for which National Highways is responsible. The latest safety data was published by National Highways in their Third Year Progress Report, which was published in December 2023: <a href="https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-work/smart-motorways-evidence-stocktake/" target="_blank">https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-work/smart-motorways-evidence-stocktake/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/05/2024 14:34:30 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1714540

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Safety Measures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require drivers to carry a warning triangle in their cars.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	24140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are no plans to put forward legislative proposals to require drivers to carry a warning triangle in their cars.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/05/2024 14:42:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1714542

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 12 July 2023 to Question 192929 on Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work, how many supported internships have been given to young people with an education, health and care plan in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	24141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>Supported internships are a work study programme for young people aged 16 to 24 who have an Education Health and Care (EHC) plan, want to move into employment and need extra support to do so. In 2022, the department invested around £18 million until March 2025 to build capacity in the supported internship programme and double the number of supported internships to 4,500 by March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022, the SEN2 data collection recorded 2,477 supported internship starts. In 2023, SEN2 recorded 1,526 supported internship starts. However, this was following a change in the data collection to gather individual learner level, rather than aggregated returns, for each local authority. As with any new data collection, there were some quality issues and limitations to the data received, which the department is working with local authorities to address. The SEN2 data collection for 2024 will be published in June.</p><p> </p><p>The charity, DFN Project Search, are contracted as part of the Internships Work consortium to deliver local authority special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Employment Forum training to any local authorities who wish to take up the offer to help them develop their supported internship programmes. DFN Project Search have delivered training to 134 out of 153 local authorities. Moving into the final year of the contract, DFN Project Search will target the remaining local authorities and additional training will remain open to any local authorities that request it.</p><p> </p><p>In the Spring Budget 2023, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the supported internship pilot which extends the programme to young people with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD) without EHC plans until March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot is being rolled out in 12 local authorities with a strong, existing supported internship offer in a mix of urban and rural areas. Delivery began in September 2023. Through the pilot, the department is hoping to support around 250 young people aged 16 to 24, who have complex SEND and LDD but who do not have an EHC plan, to develop the skills and experience needed to move into sustained, paid employment.</p><p> </p><p>As the delivery is still in its early stages, the department has not yet formally assessed the effectiveness of the pilot. The pilot will be evaluated to inform future policy planning on supported internships. Participating local authorities, employers, providers and interns are engaging with the evaluation partner, CooperGibson Research, who aim to publish their report in the summer of 2026.</p><p> </p><p>Early feedback from local authorities that are delivering the pilot shows that interns have been enrolled on positive and stretching work placements.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 24142 24143 24144 question first answered 10/05/2024 16:05:39 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1714543

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 12 July 2023 to Question 192929 on Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work, which local authorities have received training from DFN Project Search on developing their local supported internship offer.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	24142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>Supported internships are a work study programme for young people aged 16 to 24 who have an Education Health and Care (EHC) plan, want to move into employment and need extra support to do so. In 2022, the department invested around £18 million until March 2025 to build capacity in the supported internship programme and double the number of supported internships to 4,500 by March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022, the SEN2 data collection recorded 2,477 supported internship starts. In 2023, SEN2 recorded 1,526 supported internship starts. However, this was following a change in the data collection to gather individual learner level, rather than aggregated returns, for each local authority. As with any new data collection, there were some quality issues and limitations to the data received, which the department is working with local authorities to address. The SEN2 data collection for 2024 will be published in June.</p><p> </p><p>The charity, DFN Project Search, are contracted as part of the Internships Work consortium to deliver local authority special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Employment Forum training to any local authorities who wish to take up the offer to help them develop their supported internship programmes. DFN Project Search have delivered training to 134 out of 153 local authorities. Moving into the final year of the contract, DFN Project Search will target the remaining local authorities and additional training will remain open to any local authorities that request it.</p><p> </p><p>In the Spring Budget 2023, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the supported internship pilot which extends the programme to young people with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD) without EHC plans until March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot is being rolled out in 12 local authorities with a strong, existing supported internship offer in a mix of urban and rural areas. Delivery began in September 2023. Through the pilot, the department is hoping to support around 250 young people aged 16 to 24, who have complex SEND and LDD but who do not have an EHC plan, to develop the skills and experience needed to move into sustained, paid employment.</p><p> </p><p>As the delivery is still in its early stages, the department has not yet formally assessed the effectiveness of the pilot. The pilot will be evaluated to inform future policy planning on supported internships. Participating local authorities, employers, providers and interns are engaging with the evaluation partner, CooperGibson Research, who aim to publish their report in the summer of 2026.</p><p> </p><p>Early feedback from local authorities that are delivering the pilot shows that interns have been enrolled on positive and stretching work placements.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 24141 24143 24144 question first answered 10/05/2024 16:05:39 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1714544

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 12 July 2023 to Question 192929 on Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work, how many and what proportion of supported internships have been given to young people without an education, health and care plan under the pilot announced in the Spring Budget 2023.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	24143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>Supported internships are a work study programme for young people aged 16 to 24 who have an Education Health and Care (EHC) plan, want to move into employment and need extra support to do so. In 2022, the department invested around £18 million until March 2025 to build capacity in the supported internship programme and double the number of supported internships to 4,500 by March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022, the SEN2 data collection recorded 2,477 supported internship starts. In 2023, SEN2 recorded 1,526 supported internship starts. However, this was following a change in the data collection to gather individual learner level, rather than aggregated returns, for each local authority. As with any new data collection, there were some quality issues and limitations to the data received, which the department is working with local authorities to address. The SEN2 data collection for 2024 will be published in June.</p><p> </p><p>The charity, DFN Project Search, are contracted as part of the Internships Work consortium to deliver local authority special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Employment Forum training to any local authorities who wish to take up the offer to help them develop their supported internship programmes. DFN Project Search have delivered training to 134 out of 153 local authorities. Moving into the final year of the contract, DFN Project Search will target the remaining local authorities and additional training will remain open to any local authorities that request it.</p><p> </p><p>In the Spring Budget 2023, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the supported internship pilot which extends the programme to young people with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD) without EHC plans until March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot is being rolled out in 12 local authorities with a strong, existing supported internship offer in a mix of urban and rural areas. Delivery began in September 2023. Through the pilot, the department is hoping to support around 250 young people aged 16 to 24, who have complex SEND and LDD but who do not have an EHC plan, to develop the skills and experience needed to move into sustained, paid employment.</p><p> </p><p>As the delivery is still in its early stages, the department has not yet formally assessed the effectiveness of the pilot. The pilot will be evaluated to inform future policy planning on supported internships. Participating local authorities, employers, providers and interns are engaging with the evaluation partner, CooperGibson Research, who aim to publish their report in the summer of 2026.</p><p> </p><p>Early feedback from local authorities that are delivering the pilot shows that interns have been enrolled on positive and stretching work placements.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 24141 24142 24144 question first answered 10/05/2024 16:05:39 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1714545

registered interest
date	29/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 12 July 2023 to Question 192929 on Special Educational Needs: Unpaid Work, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the pilot extending supported internships to young people without an education, health and care plan.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	24144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>Supported internships are a work study programme for young people aged 16 to 24 who have an Education Health and Care (EHC) plan, want to move into employment and need extra support to do so. In 2022, the department invested around £18 million until March 2025 to build capacity in the supported internship programme and double the number of supported internships to 4,500 by March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022, the SEN2 data collection recorded 2,477 supported internship starts. In 2023, SEN2 recorded 1,526 supported internship starts. However, this was following a change in the data collection to gather individual learner level, rather than aggregated returns, for each local authority. As with any new data collection, there were some quality issues and limitations to the data received, which the department is working with local authorities to address. The SEN2 data collection for 2024 will be published in June.</p><p> </p><p>The charity, DFN Project Search, are contracted as part of the Internships Work consortium to deliver local authority special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Employment Forum training to any local authorities who wish to take up the offer to help them develop their supported internship programmes. DFN Project Search have delivered training to 134 out of 153 local authorities. Moving into the final year of the contract, DFN Project Search will target the remaining local authorities and additional training will remain open to any local authorities that request it.</p><p> </p><p>In the Spring Budget 2023, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the supported internship pilot which extends the programme to young people with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD) without EHC plans until March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>The pilot is being rolled out in 12 local authorities with a strong, existing supported internship offer in a mix of urban and rural areas. Delivery began in September 2023. Through the pilot, the department is hoping to support around 250 young people aged 16 to 24, who have complex SEND and LDD but who do not have an EHC plan, to develop the skills and experience needed to move into sustained, paid employment.</p><p> </p><p>As the delivery is still in its early stages, the department has not yet formally assessed the effectiveness of the pilot. The pilot will be evaluated to inform future policy planning on supported internships. Participating local authorities, employers, providers and interns are engaging with the evaluation partner, CooperGibson Research, who aim to publish their report in the summer of 2026.</p><p> </p><p>Early feedback from local authorities that are delivering the pilot shows that interns have been enrolled on positive and stretching work placements.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston grouped question UIN 24141 24142 24143 question first answered 10/05/2024 16:05:39 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1713837

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Heathrow Airport, (b) the Civil Aviation Authority and (c) NATS Holdings on the timeline for progressing the Future Airspace Strategy Implementation South changes.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	23803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The department has in place robust engagement and governance arrangements to effectively monitor the delivery of airspace modernisation by key organisations, such as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and NATS.</p><p> </p><p>Heathrow Airport, the CAA and NATS are members of the Aviation Council. Co-chaired at Ministerial level, the council brings together industry and government to support the delivery of key policy ambitions such as airspace modernisation. The Secretary of State for Transport also visited Heathrow Airport and NATS last year.</p><p> </p><p>The department also regularly engages with the Airspace Change Organising Group (ACOG) who are responsible for overseeing the FASI programme which currently includes 20 airports in the UK, including Heathrow Airport</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 01/05/2024 11:42:59 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1713842

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Assessments: Writing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the process used by examination boards to award marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar for children who use a scribe in exams.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	23804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual). The department has asked its Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham CBE, to write to the hon. Member for St Albans and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/04/2024 14:15:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1713220

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to encourage (a) train operating companies and (b) station car park contractors to (i) conduct and (ii) publish equality impact assessments detailing the steps they plan to take to support people that are digitally excluded.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	23307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Charging and payment methods for car parking at stations is a commercial decision for train operators and Network Rail. Train operators are responsible for considering the equalities impacts of operational changes on issues such as this, as set out in the 2018 ‘Station Car Parking Good Practice Guide for Train Operators’. The Department expects that train operators should consider each station’s needs and customer base when making decisions on charging at the car parks they manage.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 29/04/2024 13:04:28 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1713223

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish the waiting times from the point of a GP referral for a diagnosis of a patient with suspected Parkinson's Disease to the date of an appointment with a neurologist or geriatrician, by Integrated Care Board for the latest period for which that data is available.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	23308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally on the waiting times from the point of general practice (GP) referral for a diagnosis of suspected Parkinson’s disease, to the date of appointment with a neurologist or geriatrician, by integrated care board.</p><p>Similarly, information is not held centrally on how many people with Parkinson’s disease are on waiting lists for a referral for diagnosis from a neurologist or geriatrician in each integrated care board area.</p><p>GP referrals are not classified by suspected diagnosis, so data is not available in the form requested. Not all patients referred to a neurologist or geriatrician with suspected Parkinson’s disease will go on to receive a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, while some receive other diagnoses.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 23309 question first answered 29/04/2024 10:59:08 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper