Lord Watson of Invergowrie

To ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that pupils born in the summer are not disadvantaged in the 11-plus tests for entry to selective state schools.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to prevent selective schools and their local authorities increasing the proportion of pupils passing the 11-plus test by lowering the pass mark in order to increase the numbers of pupils meeting...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the full bids of successful applications to the Selective School Expansion Fund; and if not, why not.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration is given to the effect on the intake of comprehensive secondary schools in the proximity of grammar schools which have successfully applied for satellite expansion under the Selective School Expansion Fun...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the recent teachers' pay award on the financial sustainability of further education college budgets.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had on funding priorities for post-16 education in the forthcoming spending review.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to implement the recently-announced changes to the School Admissions Code introducing priority admission-status for inter-country adopted children.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the effectiveness of multi-academy trusts in delivering improvements in academic performance in schools.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the use of Pupil Premium Plus funding for adopted children is properly scrutinised.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to raise awareness of the availability of Pupil Premium Plus funding for adopted children among parents and schools.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made ahead of the spending review of the effect of trends in the level of (1) pay, and (2) workload, on the recruitment and retention of teachers in the further education sector.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to receive the Early Intervention Foundation's review Children's centres and beyond: understanding the changing face of integrated local early years support.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many adopted children currently receive pupil premium plus.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to mitigate the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the economic sustainability of the further education sector.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills on 18 March (232096), when they expect to publish plans for the additional funding they will make available to support their English lan...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Higher Education Policy Institute and Kaplan International Pathways, The UK's tax revenues from international students post-graduation, published in March, which suggested...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 5 November 2018 (HL11052), what further discussions they have had with stakeholders regarding centrally employed teachers not covered by the Teachers' Pay Grant.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to implement in full Part 4 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 relating to the registration of organisations offering alternative provision in the independent sector; and if not, why not.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendation made in the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education Music Education: State of the Nation, published on 4 February, to add a sixth pillar to the En...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations in the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Music Education Music Education: State of the Nation, published on 4 February.