First elected: 5th May 2005
Left House: 1st December 2022 (Resignation (Chiltern))
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These initiatives were driven by Rosie Cooper, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Rosie Cooper has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Rosie Cooper has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
A Bill to recognise British Sign Language as a language of England, Wales and Scotland; to require the Secretary of State to report on the promotion and facilitation of the use of British Sign Language by ministerial government departments; and to require guidance to be issued in relation to British Sign Language.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th April 2022 and was enacted into law.
Quad Bikes Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Judith Cummins (Lab)
Community Wealth Fund Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Paul Howell (Con)
Goods and Services of UK Origin Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Gareth Thomas (LAB)
Planning (Affordable Housing and Land Compensation) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Helen Hayes (Lab)
Pension Charges Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Angela Eagle (Lab)
Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Welfare of Women) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Siobhain McDonagh (Lab)
Health Impacts (Public Sector Duty) Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Baroness Berger (Lab)
Local Health Scrutiny Bill 2017-19
Sponsor - Gareth Snell (LAB)
Financial Regulation of Funeral Services Bill 2016-17
Sponsor - Neil Gray (SNP)
There have been no additional bins placed in men’s toilets. However, since May 2021 there has been an increase of 64 nappy bins in accessible toilets across the Estate (Lords/Commons).
There has been no increase in the number of clinical waste disposal bins in men's toilets in the Palace of Westminster since October 2019. It is not standard practise to provide clinical waste bins in male toilets unless specifically requested.
I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member's correspondence. The response was sent on 8 November 2021.
I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member's correspondence. The response was sent on 8 November 2021.
There are 57 male toilets in the Palace of Westminster. Currently only one male toilet - in the House of Lords ground floor cloakroom - has a disposal bin; however the bins are generally only provided if requested. We have not to date received any requests for bins of the sort specified, but would be happy to respond if made aware of any demand.
The most recent estimate of NHS fraud, covering 2016-17, was published by the NHS Counter Fraud Authority in 2018. This estimated that the loss to the NHS through fraud, bribery and corruption was £1.29 billion.
The principal role of the Public Accounts Commission is to examine the Estimate of the National Audit Office (NAO) and to consider reports from the appointed auditor of the NAO. The Commission does not involve itself in the operational matters of government.
There are ongoing discussions with the devolved administrations to promote the development of domestic policy consistent with our commitments under Sustainable Development Goal 5 and to monitor progress.
This Government is committed to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and we are one of the countries who pushed hard for a standalone Sustainable Development Goal on gender.
Government policies promoting gender equality are developed in consultation with experts and interested groups. Good examples include, the consultations undertaken on the returners programmes and the gender pay gap regulations.
We will continue engaging with gender equality experts, business, civil society organisations and local authorities to ensure we are making sufficient progress, including through the Voluntary National Review process.
This Government is committed to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and we are one of the countries who pushed hard for a standalone Sustainable Development Goal on gender.
Government policies promoting gender equality are developed in consultation with experts and interested groups. Good examples include, the consultations undertaken on the returners programmes and the gender pay gap regulations.
We will continue engaging with gender equality experts, business, civil society organisations and local authorities to ensure we are making sufficient progress, including through the Voluntary National Review process.
This Government is committed to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and we are one of the countries who pushed hard for a standalone Sustainable Development Goal on gender.
Government policies promoting gender equality are developed in consultation with experts and interested groups. Good examples include, the consultations undertaken on the returners programmes and the gender pay gap regulations.
We will continue engaging with gender equality experts, business, civil society organisations and local authorities to ensure we are making sufficient progress, including through the Voluntary National Review process.
The Government will be drawing on various sources to collect data and information, and will ensure that a wide range of partners and stakeholders have an opportunity to contribute to the review, including through the Voluntary National Review website that the Government launched on 8 October 2018.
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 28 June 2018 in relation to question 157230.
All oil and gas deposits in the UK are owned by the Crown. There are no plans for the Church Commissioners to use its land or mineral rights for the purpose of fracking.
As a policy, The Church Commissioners do not seek applications for seismic drilling/exploration and fracking. Allowing seismic testing/exploratory drilling does not imply approval of fracking, litigation risks arise for landowners should they wish to oppose a request to carry out geophysical surveys on their land. The Church Commissioners seek to minimise this risk.
The Church Commissioners are responsible landowners and landlords and we seek to protect both our interests and those of our tenants. The Church does not have an official position on fracking and recognises it’s a controversial and evolving issue and people within the church hold a range of views. The Church of England issued a Briefing Paper on Shale Gas and Fracking in December 2016 which can be found here: https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-11/shale-gas-and-fracking.pdf
No, given the rights and obligations of businesses holding stock on behalf of third parties are well-established and in the event of a dispute it is for the courts to determine the outcome, based on the facts of the case.
Government departments are working quickly to tackle this serious issue.
As part of our strong response, the Prime Minister hosted a Serious Youth Violence Summit at 10 Downing Street, with the support of the Home Secretary, from 1 to 4 April, which I took part in.
The Summit will now lead on to an increased programme of work across Government and beyond that will be overseen by a new Ministerial Taskforce, chaired by the Prime Minister, to drive action across Government.
The following table provides the number of referrals received from (a) local authorities, (b) hospital trusts, (c) coroners and (d) other organisations and individuals in each financial year since 2012:
| Local Authorities | Hospital Trusts | Coroners | Other Organisations and Individuals |
2011-2012 | 850 | 167 | 7 | 731 |
2012-2013 | 848 | 151 | 2 | 659 |
2013-2014 | 827 | 155 | 2 | 980 |
2014-2015 | 684 | 79 | 7 | 4155 |
2015-2016 | 653 | 101 | 4 | 2372 |
2016-2017 | 568 | 89 | 2 | 984 |
2017-2018 | 909 | 108 | 1 | 1752 |
2018-to date | 438 | 61 | 0 | 1158 |
These figures relate to intestate estates only and do not include companies.
The following table provides the breakdown by percentage of total number of referrals in the same period:
| Total Number of Referrals | Local Authorities | Hospital Trusts | Coroners | Other Organisations and Individuals |
2011-2012 | 1755 | 48.4% | 9.5% | 0.4% | 41.7% |
2012-2013 | 1660 | 51.1% | 9.1% | 0.1% | 39.7% |
2013-2014 | 1964 | 42.1% | 7.9% | 0.1% | 49.9% |
2014-2015 | 4925 | 13.9% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 84.4% |
2015-2016 | 3130 | 20.9% | 3.2% | 0.1% | 75.8% |
2016-2017 | 1643 | 34.6% | 5.4% | 0.1% | 59.9% |
2017-2018 | 2770 | 32.8% | 3.9% | 0.05% | 63.25% |
2018-to date | 1657 | 26.4% | 3.7% | 0% | 69.9% |
The Government recognises the great importance of the effective and timely handling of correspondence, and I apologise for the significant delay in responding to the important points raised by the hon. Member on behalf of her constituent.
We have responded to the hon. Member’s letter, which was received in May, on 8 November.
A response was sent to the hon. Member by Lord True, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, on 8 October.
The Government recognises the great importance of the effective and timely handling of correspondence, and I apologise for the significant delay in responding to the important points raised by the hon. Member on behalf of her constituent.
We have responded to the hon. Member’s letter, which was received in May, on 8 November.
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.
The Government welcomed the ISC’s report on Russia. The Government's response to the report was published on the same day as its release.
We are ensuring that disabled people continue to have access to disability benefits and other financial support; the food, medicines and essential goods that they need; as well as accessible communications and updated guidance.
The Department for Work and Pensions are helping disabled people stay in work and enter work through a range of programmes, including Access to Work and Disability Confident, the Work and Health Programme, and the Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme.
Information on the number of people in each government department who left work as a result of a disability or a long-term health condition is not held centrally by Cabinet Office.
The Civil Service is committed to becoming the UK’s most inclusive employer by 2020; which means attracting and retaining the best talent from all diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability.
To achieve this, Sir Philip Rutnam, CS Disability Champion, has set out a clear vision for a disability confident and disability inclusive Civil Service; with a specific priority to develop and retain disabled talent. These include; ensuring our disabled staff have access to effective and timely workplace adjustments and access to mainstream talent development programmes and positive action schemes to enable disabled staff to thrive and realise their full potential. https://civilservice.blog.gov.uk/2016/03/22/my-priorities-as-civil-service-disability-champion/
The Civil Service publishes annual statistics on the number of disabled employees. These show that the proportion of civil servants who are declared disabled has increased every year since 2010, from 7.6% in 2010 to 11.7% in 2019.
The Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015 require the principle contractor to check that anyone they appoint has the skills, knowledge, experience and, where relevant, the organisational capability to carry out their work safely and without risk to health.
Individual sponsor departments are ultimately responsible for the resourcing and performance management of their arm's length bodies (ALBs). All ALBs are subject to a tailored review or equivalent at least once in the lifetime of a Parliament. The Cabinet Office's tailored review guidance sets out the principles for government departments to use when reviewing ALBs. These principles aim to ensure ALBs remain fit for purpose, well governed and properly accountable for what they do.
The Child Maintenance Service and UK Visas and Immigration are operational units of the Department for Work and Pensions and the Home Office respectively and so are not ALBs.
The Cabinet Office classification guidance sets out what is classified as an ALB (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/classification-of-public-bodies-information-and-guidance).
All those who hold public office are expected to maintain high standards of behaviour and uphold the highest standards of propriety. The Government is confident that the relevant Codes of Conduct for Ministers, Special Advisers and Civil Servants clearly set out the standards of behaviour expected of them in their roles.
Furthermore, all public office holders are expected to observe the Seven Principles of Public Life which are included within these codes.
The Government takes the threat of cyber attacks against public services very seriously. We support public service providers in improving their cyber resilience and encourage all organisations to implement the advice and guidance developed by National Cyber Security Centre’s experts and published on their website.
In addition, the Government's Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme provides four key services for use across the public sector. This includes Web Check which performs simple tests on public sector websites to find security issues and suggest fixes.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is independent of Government and is accountable to Parliament through the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee for its performance.
The Ombudsman publishes quarterly reports online about performance against their service charter and their Annual Report and Resource Accounts are laid before Parliament and includes information on timeliness of replies.
The Ombudsman has agreed to write to the Hon. Member on these issues and copies will be placed in the Library of the House.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is independent of Government and is accountable to Parliament through the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee for its performance.
The Ombudsman publishes quarterly reports online about performance against their service charter and their Annual Report and Resource Accounts are laid before Parliament and includes information on timeliness of replies.
The Ombudsman has agreed to write to the Hon. Member on these issues and copies will be placed in the Library of the House.
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is independent of Government and is accountable to Parliament through the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee for its performance.
The Ombudsman publishes quarterly reports online about performance against their service charter and their Annual Report and Resource Accounts are laid before Parliament and includes information on timeliness of replies.
The Ombudsman has agreed to write to the Hon. Member on these issues and copies will be placed in the Library of the House.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
We continue to offer practical support to the youth sector by promoting innovative delivery models for youth services and supporting organisations to measure their impact and demonstrate their value.
We have also provided over 130,000 opportunities for young people through National Citizen Service.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
I wrote to the honourable Member on 21 November in response to the letters from 13 September and 3 October about rising fuel costs.
I wrote to the honourable Member on 21 November in response to the letters from 13 September and 3 October about rising fuel costs.
The Government expects industry to work closely with communities in order to gather the local support needed, as well as to determine what kind of community benefits will be put in place.
As the British Geological Survey’s report makes clear, predicting seismic events induced by hydraulic fracturing remains a scientific challenge for the geoscience community. It also makes clear that to improve our understanding we need more exploratory sites to gather the necessary data.
The Government only supports biomass that complies with strict sustainability criteria. In a sustainably managed forest, there will be stands of trees each of different ages, which will be harvested in gradual sequence, and replaced, as they reach maturity. There is evidence to suggest that the overall age profile of the forest therefore remains constant, and carbon sequestration can be maintained decade after decade.
I thank the Hon. Member for bringing this to my attention, a response has now been issued.
I thank the Hon. Member for bringing this to my attention, a response has now been issued.
BEIS does not collect this information. This information is held by the Environment Agency (EA), as part of their Pollution Inventory.
I wrote to the Hon. Member on 26 August about licence requirements for carbon capture and storage.