Gordon Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used to determine which countries were included in the low-risk Tier 4 visa category for overseas students.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional criteria will be used to decide whether (a) India and (b) other additional countries will be eligible for inclusion in the low-risk Tier 4 visa category for overseas students.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he and his officials have had in the last six months with the Indian High Commissioner on the current visa requirements for Indian students studying at higher education institutions i...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to review the adequacy of support for disabled students in its review of post-18 education and funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Office for Students on the adequacy of the metrics for the Teaching Excellence Framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the (a) Association of Employment and Learning Providers, (b) Association of Colleges and (c) EEF on the level of apprenticeship starts since the introduction of the apprentices...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on further education of the 33 per cent decline in the number of Level 3 qualifications awarded to adults between 2010-11 and 2016-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department had with the Chief Executive of the Institute for Apprenticeships before he decided not to take advice to defer T levels until 2021.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussion (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with (i) sixth-form colleges and (ii) representative bodies of sixth-form colleges on the effect of the introduction of T-levels on the (A) in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with representatives of the (a) CBI and (b) TUC on the level of apprenticeship starts since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Office for Students on the merits of observing teaching as an element for assessment in the teaching excellence framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he and his officials have had with the Environment Agency on the adequacy of how frequently it monitors processes for groundwater at fracking sites across Lancashire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) Minister for the Cabinet Office on the appointment of Mr Hugh Ind to lead the public sector apprenticeship strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant the Answer of 6 June 2018 to Question 148621 on State Retirement Pensions: Terminal Illnesses, whether she has had discussions with charitable organisations for people with terminal-illnesses o...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2018 to Question 148620 on State Retirement Pensions: Terminal Illnesses, if she will take steps to enable people with confirmed (a) life-limiting conditions and (b) ter...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with (a) the Director for Fair Access and Participation and (b) the Office for Students on strengthening university programmes aimed at potential applicants between the ages of 11 an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with universities and their representative bodies on extending their outreach activities for disadvantaged groups of young people between the ages of 11 and 16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Office for Students on encouraging university applications from potential applicants with disabilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what external organisations he plans to consult to take forward his Department's commitment to appoint an independent reviewer of the teaching excellence framework and its criteria of operation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer to of 4 June 2018 to Question 146757, whether the White Paper will specify the Government's policy on and intention to participate in the EU's Horizon and Erasmus+ progra...