Written questions by Eccles.

When his Department plans to publish the consultation on the introduction of mandatory reporting and health targets for large food businesses.

Awaiting answer.

What steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS patients are not missing (a) appointments and (b) operations due to Royal Mail delivery delays (i) in the Stourbridge constituency and (ii) elsewhere.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment he has made of the potential impact of Royal Mail delivery delays on NHS service delivery, including in Stourbridge constituency.

Awaiting answer.

What measures are in place to ensure that recipients of Universal Credit, State Pension and other DWP support are not financially disadvantaged by delayed postal communications, including in Stourbridge constituency.

Awaiting answer.

What steps his Department is taking to ensure current Royal Mail delays do not affect people's ability to comply with his Department's deadlines.

Awaiting answer.

What steps his Department is taking to ensure current Royal Mail delays do not affect people's access to payments.

Awaiting answer.

What steps her Department is taking to ensure that individuals are not subject to (a) penalties, (b) enforcement action, and (c) adverse decisions as a result of Royal Mail delivery delays affecting correspondence from the DVLA (i) in the Stourbridge constituency and (ii) elsewhere.

Awaiting answer.

What steps he is taking to help ensure that the introduction of teplizumab contributes to reducing rates of diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis and inequalities in outcomes for people with type 1 diabetes.

Awaiting answer.

What steps his Department is taking to help accelerate the translation of beta cell research into clinical trials and routine NHS care for people with type 1 diabetes.

Awaiting answer.

What evidence her department is using to assess demand for Criminology in the West Midlands and across England.

The department considers a wide range of evidence when considering employer demand for skills, including data and commentary by the Labour Market Evidence Group, available at:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/labour-market-evidence-group-key-publi...

Will funding for Criminology remain in place for the next academic year.

The department published the Post-16 Pathways implementation plan on 20 May, which sets out how we will deliver changes to the technical and vocational qualifications that a young person can choose from age 16.V Levels are designed to link to occupational...

Whether she plans to create a V Level in Criminology or to incorporate Criminology into a broader Protective Services route.

The department published the Post-16 Pathways implementation plan on 20 May, which sets out how we will deliver changes to the technical and vocational qualifications that a young person can choose from age 16.V Levels are designed to link to occupational...

What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent changes to the Disabled Students’ Allowance on students’ ability to access assistive software where they have functional impairments ari

Supporting disabled students to access and succeed in higher education remains a government priority. The department’s consultation on assistive software funded through the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) seeks to gather evidence on how best to moderni...

If Criminology is to sit within Protective Services, in what way will the new qualification maintain the academic and social-science content that supports progression to university courses such as criminology,

The department published the Post-16 Pathways implementation plan on 20 May, which sets out how we will deliver changes to the technical and vocational qualifications that a young person can choose from age 16.V Levels are designed to link to occupational...

When will schools receive information about the future of Criminology.

The department published the Post-16 Pathways implementation plan on 20 May, which sets out how we will deliver changes to the technical and vocational qualifications that a young person can choose from age 16.V Levels are designed to link to occupational...

What assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of multi-year funding arrangements for specialist social care provision supporting the Armed Forces community.

Awaiting answer.

Whether his Department plans to mandate the recording of Armed Forces community status in adult social care management systems in England.

The Department doesn’t currently have any plans to mandate the recording of Armed Forces community status in case management systems. However, we are committed to supporting the shift from analogue to digital by exploring approaches to reform case managem...

What steps are the government taking to help ensure that homes and small businesses can buy power directly from local renewable energy schemes.

The Government is ambitious for community energy and the role that it can play in delivering net zero and is working with Ofgem to address regulatory barriers, including routes to market. Through delivering on commitments in the Local Power Plan, we are w...

What recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support available to employers recruiting and retaining blind and visually impaired employees.

Disabled people and people with health conditions, including blind and visually impaired people, are a diverse group so access to the right work and health support, in the right place, at the right time, is key. We have a range of specialist initiatives t...

What steps his Department is taking to improve employment rates among blind and visually impaired people.

Disabled people and people with health conditions, including blind and visually impaired people, are a diverse group so access to the right work and health support, in the right place, at the right time, is key. We have a range of specialist initiatives t...