Lord Watson of Invergowrie

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions the Department for Education has had with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities about providing additional support to care-experienced young people.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings of the Children’s Social Care National Implementation Board have taken place; and what role, if any, the Board has played in formulating His Majesty's Government's response to the Independent Review of Chi...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the increased cost of living on children’s social care budgets.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to designate senior political leadership for child protection and children’s social care, and (2) to appoint a Minister for Children who attends Cabinet.

To ask His Majesty's Government who in law will be the publisher of Oak National Academy publications when it becomes a non-departmental public body.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they last conducted a review on the operation of section 571 of the Education Act 1996.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many 18 to 24 year olds started a course at (1) Level 4, and (2) Level 5, in (a) 2019, and (b) 2022.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will issue their response to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care, published in May.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many children were eligible for Pupil Premium in (1) 2020–21, (2) 2021–22, and (3) the current academic year.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for school libraries is ring-fenced; and if not, what support they will make available to schools to ensure that pupils can continue to have high-quality reading experiences.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to Adoption UK’s Barometer Report, published in June, what steps they are taking to measure the impact of a lack of support for adopted people and their families when establishing birth family contact.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings included in Adoption UK’s Barometer Report, published in June, which showed that only (1) 12 per cent of adopters surveyed were offered advice and training on establishing cont...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings included in Adoption UK’s Barometer Report, published in June, which found that 85 per cent of the adopters surveyed said their adoption agency does not regularly review their ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the mental health and wellbeing of early career teachers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between the mental health of teachers and education staff and pupils' educational attainment.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the mental health of teachers and education staff of the post-COVID-19 education recovery programmes.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on teachers and education staff of the reported increase in mental health challenges for children and young people in schools.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many maintained schools were converted to academy status through sponsorship or other means from September 2010 to March 2022; and how many were converted in each academic year during that period.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total cost of converting maintained schools to academy status through sponsorship or other means from September 2010 to March 2022; and what was the average cost of converting each school to academy status duri...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Education is able to require local authorities to develop local strategic plans to bring local authority maintained schools into the academy system.