This paper provides brief information in response to some key questions regarding the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on separated families, maintenance arrangements and access to children.
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Support for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families (273 KB, PDF)
This debate pack contains a Library summary of the issues, relevant reports, press and parliamentary coverage, and links to further reading. The paper looks at health services in England, principally palliative care, and outlines local authorities’ duties towards ‘children in need.’ Links to guidelines in the devolved administrations is also provided.
Documents to download
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Support for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families (273 KB, PDF)
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The Troubled Families Programme (TFP) is a programme in England administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The programme conducts targeted interventions for families experiencing multiple problems, including crime, anti-social behaviour, truancy, unemployment, mental health problems and domestic abuse. This briefing examines the TFP since 2012, details MHCLG evaluations of the programme, and describes recent commentary and potential future directions for the programme.
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This Library briefing describes the UK Government’s policy to write-off arrears arising from the 1993 and 2003 child maintenance schemes. These schemes are now closed to new applicants and ongoing maintenance cases have been transferred to the 2012 scheme.
