Lord Watson of Invergowrie

To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to announce funding for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund beyond March.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for reviewing the National Adoption Strategy, which was last updated in July 2021.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase funding for the Connect the Classroom programme.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mark the 25th anniversary of the lifting of the LGBT+ ban in the armed forces.

To ask His Majesty's Government when the most recent review was undertaken of the use made by local authorities of their duty under section 10(1) of the Children Act 2004 (Co-operation to improve well-being), and of the response of relevant partners liste...

To ask His Majesty's Government when regulations will next be made under sections 17 (Children and young people’s plans) and 66 (Regulations and Orders) of the Children Act 2004.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the proposed power in clause 43 (Academies: power to secure performance of proprietor’s duties etc) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill includes the duty of proprietors of academies, under section 10(5) of ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to issue guidance under sections 10(8), 10(10) and 12B(4) of the Children Act 2004.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve access to higher education and employment opportunities for young carers.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help local authorities and schools regularly to monitor and support the attendance of young carers.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many sessions each local authority-maintained school and each Academy school provided education in the 2022–23 school year; and what was the proportion of Academies that provided fewer than 380 sessions in that year.

To ask His Majesty's Government, for each Academy Order made between 1 January 2024 and 30 November 2024 under section 4(A1) of the Academies Act 2010, whether they will list (1) the name of the school, (2) the school's unique reference number (URN), (3) ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what investment has been made in secondary school libraries in England over the past fifteen years.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many school libraries and school librarians there are in England; and how those figures compare with the figures for 2010.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the University of Manchester article, "Modern slavery and digital technology in ‘Fast Fashion’: the transparency dividend", published on 8 July, and, in particular, the need for businesses ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage businesses to use digital technology in complying with modern slavery legislation.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations contained in the Place2Be report School for all: solutions for school attendance, published in September.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for mental health support teams in schools to include a specialist child counsellor.

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their anticipated timescale for rolling out mental health support teams to every school and college.

To ask His Majesty's Government what data they have on the impact of mental health support teams on (1) improving pupil mental health, and (2) improving teacher mental health.