Written questions by Reynolds.

Whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of incorporating renewable energy generation forecasts into publicly available weather broadcasts.

Awaiting answer.

Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with social media companies regarding the promotion of public water safety awareness campaigns.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of availability of respite care for unpaid carers of people living with dementia; and what steps he is taking to improve access to those services.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the role of (a) local advice services and (b) voluntary organisations in supporting vulnerable households with energy bills; and what steps he is taking to ensure those services are adequately funded.

Awaiting answer.

What estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs Great British Energy will create; and what steps he is taking to ensure those jobs are distributed across the regions and nations of the UK.

Awaiting answer.

Whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing public awareness campaigns to issue seasonal water safety warnings aimed at preventing drowning incidents in rivers and waterways.

Awaiting answer.

Whether his Department keeps a formal record or minutes of the monthly financial monitoring meetings held between his Department, UK Government Investments and Post Office Limited to review funding req

Awaiting answer.

When the Canada-UK Economic Working Group last met, and whether he plans to publish a timeline for its future meetings.

Awaiting answer.

Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the implications of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's updated draft Code of Practice for transgender participation in grassroots and community sport.

Awaiting answer.

Whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring (a) age and (b) intoxication verification both at (i) the point of order and (ii) the point of delivery for alcohol sold through delivery applications.

Awaiting answer.

Whether people currently residing in the UK on a Student visa that are studying part-time are permitted to undertake unpaid volunteering roles within the NHS, including training as a volunteer paramedic; whether volunteering is distinguished from voluntary work for the purposes of visa conditions; and whether she has issued guidance on these matters.​

Awaiting answer.

What assessment her Department has made of the impact of EU de minimis charges and associated handling fees on UK retailers fulfilling consumer orders to customers in the Republic of Ireland from distribution sites in Great Britain; and whether she has had discussions with his EU counterparts on the potential merits of a bilateral exception to de minimis rules between the UK and EU.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment her Department has made of the impact of the cumulative costs of VAT and associated handling fees applied to parcels sent from distribution centres in Great Britain to customers in the European Union on UK consumers; and whether she is taking steps to reduce those costs.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of the accessibility of the SEND reform consultation process for families with caring responsibilities, disability, literacy barriers or limited time to engage with technical documentation; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that responses received are representative of the families most affected by the proposed reforms.

Awaiting answer.

What steps her Department is taking to ensure that all material information held by HM Treasury on in-year departmental spending pressures is disclosed to the Office for Budget Responsibility in a timely manner ahead of each fiscal event; and whether she has plans to bring forward proposals to strengthen the statutory framework governing the provision of information by HM Treasury to the Office for Budget Responsibility.

The Review of the March 2024 forecast for departmental expenditure limits, published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) in 2024 made ten recommendations to deliver enhanced transparency, visibility and data reporting between HM Treasury and the OBR. The Chancellor accepted all ten of the OBR’s recommendations. These changes were enshrined in a new Charter for Budget Responsibility, published alongside Autumn Budget 2024. As part of the updated Charter, HM Treasury committed to sharing all relevant information about spending pressures on departmental expenditure limits and the Reserve with the OBR, ahead of forecasts and regular intervals in between. This includes information on the factors impacting whether these pressures will emerge. HM Treasury also committed to sharing how any announcements since the last forecast, with material impacts on departmental expenditure limits, are funded. HM Treasury is now working closely with the OBR to implement these commitments.

Whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of the survivor pension rules in the Police Pension Scheme 1987 in England and Wales and the equivalent rules applying to (a) police officers in Scotland and Northern Ireland and (b) the Armed Forces Pension Scheme.

The 1987 police pension scheme is now a closed scheme, superseded by the 2015 scheme, and there are no plans to make further improvements to the benefits accrued under it. From 1 April 2015, the 1987 police pension scheme was amended to allow widows, widowers and civil partners of police officers who have died as a result of an injury on duty to receive their survivor benefits for life regardless of remarriage, civil partnership or cohabitation.Policing is a devolved matter in both Scotland and Northern Ireland. Decisions of the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive should not form a precedent without due consideration of the government’s continuing duty to ensure that public services are affordable, sustainable and fair in England and Wales.In 2015, a justification was made under the previous government for allowing all surviving partners of Armed Forces pension scheme members to retain their survivor’s pension for life, relating to the combination of factors that apply specifically to members of the Armed Forces and their families.

Whether artificial intelligence, machine learning, or automated analytical tools are used to process data submitted by sponsor employers for visa sponsorship purposes.

AI is not being used to make or support decision making in Sponsor Licensing applications, licence maintenance or visa sponsorship applications. There is some automation of updates to organisation and key personnel details made by sponsors via their Sponsorship Management System (SMS) and automated renewals of annual allocations of Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), where Sponsors have demonstrated a track record of compliance.For organisation and key personnel changes, whilst details are updated automatically in SMS to ensure that licence details are up to date, appropriate checks and case working still takes place.For the automatic renewal of annual allocations of CoS, renewed allocations are calculated using the sponsor’s usage in the previous allocation year. Where an increase in that allocation is required, the sponsor is required to submit a request, stating the reason for the increase, for consideration.

Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the lease extension premium formula on leaseholders with short leases; and whether he plans to bring forward proposals to reform the reversion value calculation under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment her Department has made of the consistency with which the statutory guidance on suspensions is applied across schools in England; and what guidance his Department provides to parents where they consider a suspension to have been (a) disproportionate and (b) inconsistent with the guidance on suspensions.

Awaiting answer.

What the annual expenditure by the National Institute for Health and Care Research on research workforce development programmes, including fellowships, training awards and capacity-building initiatives, was in each financial year from 2019–20 to 2024–25; and what proportion of that expenditure was allocated to (a) dementia, (b) cancer, (c) stroke and (d) coronary heart disease research, where such categorisation is held.

Awaiting answer.