Gordon Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with charitable organisations for people with terminal-illnesses on enabling those people to draw their state-pension early.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling people with life-limiting conditions to draw their state pension early.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on introduction of sharia-compliant student loans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the findings of the report by the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education of 26 April 2018 on the relative pro...

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government plans to include sections on (a) higher education and (b) further Education in the forthcoming Brexit White Paper.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2018 to Question 144194, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for apprentice travel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timescale is for the outcome of the procurement process for providers who have applied for new Institutes of Technology status.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications his Department received from providers for a share of the £170 million funding available for new Institutes of Technology status.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with representatives from universities on his proposals for a subject-level version of the Teaching Excellence Framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria he plans to apply to the appointment of the chair of the independent review into the Teaching Excellence Framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on appointing the chair of the independent review into the Teaching Excellence Framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of her Department have applied for redeployment after medical evidence was produced that use of display screen equipment and on-line computer work was damaging their health since 2012...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills of 14 May 2018, Official Report, column 6, on Sixth-Form Colleges: Funding, whether funding for 16 and 17 year olds will be included in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has he made of the propensity of students living and studying in rural areas to take up T levels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to inform further education providers on whether they will be delivering T-levels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to introduce significantly discounted bus and train travel for apprentices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the current (a) procedures and (b) safeguards her Department operates for employees who (a) have and (b) are developing disabilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of procedures in her Department to enable employees whose health has been shown by to be affected by intensive online and computer work as part of their empl...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of internal advice given by her Department on pension rights to employees being made redundant on medical grounds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the implications for higher education providers of the reductions in Horizon 2020 EU research funding sinc...