Debate Pack
This page provides some background information for the Westminster Hall debate, Cost of school transport, on Thursday 25 June 2015. It shows the statutory guidance for local authorities regarding transport to school and a link to individual local authorities' policies.
Debate Pack
This page contains a Library briefing, links to press articles and parliamentary questions for background to the Westminster Hall debate, Government policy on support for pupils with English as an additional language, scheduled for Tuesday 23 June 2015.
Research Briefing
This book examines the key issues facing the House of Commons over the course of the 2015 Parliament - from the public finances to the UK’s membership of the EU and from school places for children to climate change.
Research Briefing
This note collates the public commitments regarding schools policy in England made by the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, UKIP and Green Party.
Research Briefing
This is a report on the House of Commons Committee stage of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill.
Research Briefing
The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill will receive its Second Reading in the House of Commons on 16 July 2014.
Research Briefing
This note covers the main amendments made to Part 3 of the Children and Families Bill during the House of Lords consideration of the Bill. Part 3 of the Bill relates to children and young people in England with special educational needs (SEN) or, as a result of amendments made at Lords’ Report Stage, with disabilities. The House of Commons is due to consider the Lords’ amendments on Monday 10 February 2014.
Research Briefing
This note provides an overview of Government childcare policies since 2010.
Research Briefing
This note gives an overview of support for childcare under the Labour Government 1997-2010.
Research Briefing
This note provides sources of information including a selection of journal articles and websites on education systems in a selection of foreign countries.
Research Briefing
This Note provides background to the introduction of the Labour Government's school funding reforms in 2006, details of the reforms (which included the introduction of a ring-fenced schools budget, known as the Dedicated Schools Grant), and the March 2010 consultation on the introduction of a school funding formula.
Research Briefing
This note provides a summary of some of the key changes made in each of the annual school budget setting rounds under the current Government.
Research Briefing
The Children and Families Bill introduces a wide range of legislation concerning adoption and children in care, aspects of family justice law, special educational needs, the Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England, child care, statutory rights to leave and pay for parents and adopters, time off work for ante-natal care, and the right to request flexible working. This paper complements Research Paper 13/11 prepared for the Commons Second Reading.
Research Briefing
The Children and Families Bill introduces a wide range of legislation concerning adoption and children in care, aspects of family justice law, special educational needs, the Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England, child care, statutory rights to leave and pay for parents and adopters, time off work for ante-natal care, and the right to request flexible working. This paper has been prepared for the Second Reading of the Bill.
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