Every parliamentary written question tabled by Joshua Reynolds this session, with the full answer and department. Back to the MP page.
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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 requests relating to the franchising of formerly Directly Managed Branches.
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.
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.
When the Canada-UK Economic Working Group last met, and whether he plans to publish a timeline for its future meetings.
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.
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 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 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.
What assessment his Department has made of the effect on reception year pupils of the age based eligibility threshold for the Nursery Milk Scheme; and whether he is taking steps to ensure consistent access to subsidised milk for all children within the same reception class.
Awaiting answer.
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 he has made of the impact on Feed-in Tariff scheme participants of changing the indexation of payments from the Retail Price Index to the Consumer Price Index from April 2026.
Awaiting answer.
For what reasons sponsor employers are required to submit large volumes of sensitive information without the routine use of protective measures such as password‑protected files or encrypted transfer systems.
The Home Office routinely requires additional evidence from sponsors. The evidence requested is proportionate to the purpose of its use.The Home Office has appropriate technical and organisational safeguards in place and applies a sensible, risk-based approach in line with Article 32 of the GDPR.Inbound data is received to secure gov.uk accounts, managed by security cleared persons. Teams are assigned to manage only certain application strands to reduce risk of data integrity compromise, with data being uploaded onto immigration systems promptly.
Communities and Local Government, how the rental period of converted assured periodic tenancies is determined for the purposes of a tenant's notice to quit in cases where rent was paid in advance under the previous tenancy in instalments covering periods other than one month; and whether his Department plans to issue guidance on the basis on which a landlord may (a) set and (b) revise payment dates following the commencement date.
Awaiting answer.
What security protocols are in place to protect sensitive personal and commercial data submitted by sponsor employers as part of visa and sponsorship compliance processes.
The Home Office routinely requires additional evidence from sponsors. The evidence requested is proportionate to the purpose of its use.The Home Office has appropriate technical and organisational safeguards in place and applies a sensible, risk-based approach in line with Article 32 of the GDPR.Inbound data is received to secure gov.uk accounts, managed by security cleared persons. Teams are assigned to manage only certain application strands to reduce risk of data integrity compromise, with data being uploaded onto immigration systems promptly.
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.
What steps her Department is taking to ensure that automated or AI-supported decision-making relating to sponsorship licences is transparent, fair, and subject to human oversight.
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.
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.
Whether her Department has reviewed guidance provided to caseworkers on assessing the likelihood that visitor visa applicants will leave the UK at the end of their visit, particularly in cases where applicants have established long-term residence, employment and family connections in a third country.
The UK keeps its visa system under regular review, which includes regularly reviewing and updating caseworker guidance. The Visit guidance was updated most recently on 25 February 2026, and this document is available publicly on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visit-guidance.The guidance includes extensive information for caseworkers on assessing the likelihood that visitor visa applicants will leave the UK at the end of their visit. However, as no changes have occurred recently to this assessment, it is not considered necessary to update this section of the guidance document at this time.
What data her Department collects on (a) the use of suspension by schools in England and (b) compliance with the statutory guidance "Suspension and Permanent Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England, including pupil movement"; and what mechanisms are in place to monitor proportionality in the application of that guidance at school level.
Awaiting answer.