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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 19th July 2022

Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will respond to the correspondence of 25 April 2022 from the hon. member for West Lancashire on support for the farming industry, reference ZA59529.

Answered by Victoria Prentis - Attorney General

A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 13 July 2022.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 19th July 2022

Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 29 April 2022 from the hon. member for West Lancashire to his predecessor, regarding arthritis analgesia, reference ZA59617.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

We replied to the hon. Member on 14 July 2022.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 19th July 2022

Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the correspondence of 10 May 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on macular research, reference ZA59681.

Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

We replied to the hon. Member on 13 July 2022.


Written Question
HM Passport Office: Correspondence
Tuesday 19th July 2022

Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will assist the hon. Member for West Lancashire in securing a written response from the Director General of HM Passport Office to the letter dated 4 May 2022, reference ZA59626.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 12 July 2022.


Written Question
Dementia: Research
Thursday 14th July 2022

Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Alzheimer’s Research UK’s position statement Getting People Involved in Dementia Research published in 2017, if he will include proposals to increase awareness of ways to get involved in dementia research in the dementia strategy.

Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education

The National Institute for Health and Care Research has funded and delivered the Join Dementia Research platform with Alzheimer’s Society, Alzheimer Scotland and Alzheimer’s Research UK. This allows individuals to register an interest in dementia research and be matched to trials to improve participation and diversity in such research.

We are currently reviewing plans for dementia in England and further information will be made available in due course


Written Question
Dementia: Health Services
Thursday 14th July 2022

Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to develop the timeline of a national dementia strategy from five to 10 years.

Answered by Gillian Keegan - Secretary of State for Education

We will set out plans for dementia in England shortly.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 11th July 2022

Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will respond to the correspondence of 5 May 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on the bedroom tax, reference ZA59623 .

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Your letter of 4 May to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities was transferred to this Department. A reply was sent to the hon. Member on behalf of the Secretary of State on 27 June 2022.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 11th July 2022

Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will respond to the correspondence of 10 May 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on state pension claims, reference ZA59678.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

A reply was sent to the hon. Member by the Minister for Welfare Delivery, on behalf of the Secretary of State, on 7 July 2022.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 7th July 2022

Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to respond to the query of 7 April 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, ref ZA59082, regarding the funeral industry.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

I would like to thank the Hon Member for West Lancashire for her continued engagement with my Department on issues regarding the funeral sector.

I would like to assure the Hon Member that I will respond to her query in full imminently.


Written Question
Child Maintenance Service: Correspondence
Thursday 30th June 2022

Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will assist with obtaining a response from the Director for the Child Maintenance Service to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire dated 27 April 2022, reference ZA59581 in relation to a child maintenance issue.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

When DWP receive correspondence from a Member of Parliament, they aim to fully resolve or agree a resolution within 15 working days of receipt. Complex issues may take longer to resolve.

DWP contacted the hon. Members office on 28 June 2022 confirming a full response will be sent to them within the next 7 days.