Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when his Department will launch its consultation on children's social media use.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The government’s consultation on the children’s use of technology and social media will be launched in the coming weeks. This will be a short, swift consultation of three months, with the government planning to respond in the summer.

The consultation will be backed by a national conversation about the impact of technology on children’s wellbeing. Ministers are already hearing the views of parents, children and civil society through nationwide events.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether RSL levels will continue once V-Levels are introduced in September 2027.

Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department has recently closed the consultation on Post-16 Level 3 and Below Pathways. We are carefully considering transition arrangements to reach the new qualifications landscape set out in the Post-16 Skills White Paper, and will set out plans in due course.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths involving refuse collection vehicles have been recorded in each of the last five years.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

Deaths in reported road collisions, on public roads (including footways) in Great Britian are based on data supplied to the Department by police forces via a collection known as STATS19.

The latest figures available are for 2024, and figures for the last 5 years are shown in the table.

Collisions on private roads or car parks are not included in the statistics.

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