Written questions by Sewards.

What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to swimming and water safety education for primary school pupils.

Awaiting answer.

Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from swimming lessons for children.

Awaiting answer.

What steps he is taking to protect workers from being filmed without consent while carrying out their duties and having that footage published on social media.

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What steps he is taking to reduce delays in areas where Medical Examiner offices have reported the longest turnaround times for scrutiny of medical certificates of cause of death.

Awaiting answer.

What steps his Department is taking to ensure the sharing of best practice between Medical Examiner offices.

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Whether processes are in place to investigate Medical Examiner offices whose turnaround times consistently exceed the national average.

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What assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing and resources available to Medical Examiner offices.

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What assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays in the medical examiner process on bereaved families and funeral arrangements.

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What assessment he has made of the potential impact of Medical Examiner scrutiny on the timeliness of the completion of Medical Certificates of Cause of Death; and what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional variations in turnaround times.

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Whether his Department plans to introduce national communication standards for Medical Examiner offices.

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How many Medical Examiners and Medical Examiner Officers have been recruited since the implementation of the death certification reforms in September 2024.

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Whether he plans to provide additional funding to Medical Examiner offices experiencing persistent backlogs.

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Whether he has plans to conduct a review of the Medical Examiner system introduced in September 2024.

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What recent discussions her Department has had with Ofqual on ensuring that grade boundaries fairly reflect variations in the difficulty of A Level examination papers.

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What steps his Department is taking to ensure that information on Pension Credit claims, mandatory reconsiderations and backdated payments is accessible to people who are classed as being digitally excl

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Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to require the routine publication of farmed animal welfare inspection reports across all farmed species.

The Government recognises the importance of transparency where it relates to the welfare of farmed animals. The Government publishes the Multi Annual National Control Plan (MANCP) Annual Reports which includes national data on inspections.

Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to establish a centralised system for publishing farmed animal welfare indicators, including mortality data.

The Government is not establishing a centralised system and already publishes indicators relevant to farmed animal welfare, for example, the percentage of eggs coming from different laying hen production systems. The Food Standards Agency separately publi...

What assessment his Department has made of potential funding models for any future regulation of the funeral sector.

Raising standards in the care and treatment of the deceased is a sensitive and complex issue, spanning a number of sectors. The Department is leading cross-Government work to consider the full range of options across all relevant settings, including the f...

What assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing minimum standards for the funeral sector.

Raising standards in the care and treatment of the deceased is a sensitive and complex issue, spanning a number of sectors. The Department is leading cross-Government work to consider the full range of options across all relevant settings, including the f...

If the Government will create a statutory regulator to oversee the funeral sector.

Raising standards in the care and treatment of the deceased is a sensitive and complex issue, spanning a number of sectors. The Department is leading cross-Government work to consider the full range of options across all relevant settings, including the f...