Lord Watson of Invergowrie

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for Regional Adoption Agency leaders to be able to effectively “understand and keep under review what support and use of pupil premium plus has the biggest impact on adoptive ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the report by Adoption UK From Both Sides, published on 3 March; and in particular the recommendation that school leaders, including governing bodies, should receive training and i...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the report by Adoption UK From Both Sides, published on 3 March; and in particular the recommendation that advice and guidance for schools on Pupil Premium should clearly different...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the recommendation in Adoption UK’s recent report From Both Sides, published in February, that a form of Personal Education Plan should be introduced as a statutory requirement for...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of Adoption UK’s report From Both Sides, published in February; and in particular, the finding that there is a lack of clarity around the purpose and appropriate use of Pupil Premium ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the impact of the impact of Pupil Premium Plus on (1) the educational outcomes of previously looked after children, including attainment, and (2) the personal outcomes of previousl...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide additional funding to those schools with the largest proportion of pupils receiving free school meals, to pay for interventions aimed at increasing levels of school attendance.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they had with Randstad prior to the company informing the National Tutoring Programme’s tutor organisations that they are no longer required to meet the Department for Education’s requirement that 65 per ce...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of children in England referred to mental health services in each year from 2018 to 2021 were looked after children.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many looked after children in England were referred to mental health services in (1) 2021, and (2) 2020.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in England (1) attended, and (2) were admitted through, Accident and Emergency departments for self-harming in each year from 2018 to 2021; and what percentage of those were looked after children.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies 2021 annual report on education spending in England, published on 30 November 2021; and in particular, the finding that spending per pupil in ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to establish an inquiry into the manner in which A-level grades in independent schools were assessed in 2021.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of freezing the TV Licence fee until 2024 on the BBC’s educational output.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the differences between (1) the Education Investment Areas announced in the Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper, and (2) the Opportunity Areas that were announced by the Department ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the British Educational Research Association High standards, not high stakes: An alternative to SATs that will transform England’s testing and school accountability system in ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by United Learning to reduce the pay of teaching assistants at Salisbury Manor Primary School in Waltham Forest whilst increasing their working hours; and of reports that they ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what instructions they have given to Regional Schools Commissioners to ensure that all schools within multi-academy trusts track the outcomes of their permanently excluded children by working with alternative education sett...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the new hourly rate of £4.61 per child in private early years settings amounts to an increase of 7.21 per cent; and whether this increase takes into account the rise in minimum wage which takes effect in April 2022.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Barran on 13 December (HL4660), how many students are currently enrolled on a T level; and what has been the additional cost of funding more teaching hours for T level students.