Oral questions

What steps his Department is taking to support children with special educational needs and disabilities.

What support his Department is providing to help children catch up on learning lost during the covid-19 outbreak.

What assessment he has made of the effect of the devolution of the adult education budget to combined authorities on the choice of colleges available to students living near the authority boundary.

What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on allocating a higher number of domestic medical places to the University of Central Lancashire’s Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery programme.

What steps his Department is taking to ensure that all students taking T-Levels receive a high quality industry placement.

What assessment he has made of the effect on children’s attainment of the (a) suspension of and (b) time taken to deliver speech and language therapy in schools.

What recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the effect of Official Development Assistance funding reductions on (a) higher education research and (b) universities.

What steps he is taking to ensure the future sustainability of residential provision at Northern College in Barnsley.

What progress he has made on ensuring that there is an effective end-of-year assessment process for school students in 2021.

What steps his Department is taking to ensure that all students taking T-Levels receive a high quality industry placement.

What assessment his Department has made of the progress made by schools on fully reopening as covid-19 lockdown restrictions have eased.

What recent assessment his Department has made of the proportion of the population aged between 50 and 66 that have a university degree or two A-levels.

What assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing a covid-19 recovery plan for disabled children and their families.