Lord Watson of Invergowrie

To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria are employed by departments when deciding whether or not to undertake an impact assessment on (1) primary egislation, (2) secondary legislation, and (3) other new policies.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what rules apply to the publication of impact assessments by (1) the Department for Education, and (2) the Department for Work and Pensions.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that cable standards are strengthened to improve their ability to react to fire, in order to improve public safety in buildings.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the difference between an impact assessment and a regulatory triage assessment when undertaken by a government department.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many regional adoption agencies have been created; what areas they cover; and in how many of those agencies the Secretary of State for Education has used the direction-making power contained in section 15 of the Educati...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing a national autism and education strategy.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they hold on the number of schools in England and Wales which are currently in financial deficit.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools in England and Wales they estimate will have a cash terms reduction in their budget for 2018–19, compared to 2017–18.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the 2014 reforms for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Minister for Immigration on 15 June (HCWS768), what criteria were used to determine which countries were included in the expanded low-risk Tier 4 visa category for overseas students;...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to meet with the British Chambers of Commerce to discuss its concerns about the apprenticeship levy, in particular the need for it to be made more flexible.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely underspend from apprenticeship levy payments when the first funding period expires in April 2019.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of total apprenticeship levy funds paid from April 2017 have been drawn down so far by employers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the workforce at the Department for Education were undertaking apprenticeships at the end of March 2018.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many public bodies met the target of 2.3 per cent of their workforce being apprentices by the end of the first year of the apprenticeship levy in March 2018; and for those that have not, how progress towards that target...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report After the reboot: computing education in UK schools, published by the Royal Society in November 2017, which revealed that 54 per cent of schools do not offer GCSEs in computing s...

To ask Her Majesty's Government which professionals they anticipate being involved in undertaking the pilot for integrated physical and mental health assessments for looked-after children, announced during the passage of the Children and Social Work Act 2...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the integrated physical and mental health assessments for looked-after children announced during the passage of the Children and Social Work Act 2017 are able to identify speech, language...

To ask Her Majesty's Government which professional bodies they have consulted about the development of the pilot for integrated physical and mental health assessments for looked-after children, announced during the passage of the Children and Social Work ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce the pilot for integrated physical and mental health assessments for looked-after children, announced during the passage of the Children and Social Work Act 2017.