Child Maintenance: Fees, enforcement and arrears
Statistics on the fees in a child maintenance application, and the enforcement steps taken when child maintenance is not paid on time or in full.
Duties to report child abuse in England
A briefing on the current position regarding reporting child abuse in England, and calls for the introduction for a mandatory reporting duty.
Support for care leavers
This briefing paper provides an overview of the UK Government’s policies to support care leavers.
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Research Briefing
Child maintenance: Calculations, variations and income (UK)
This briefing sets out how the Child Maintenance Service calculates the amount of maintenance payable under the 2012 statutory scheme.
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Research Briefing
Food poverty: Households, food banks and free school meals
This paper provides statistics on household food insecurity, food bank usage and free school meals in the UK, and tracks the impact of rising living costs.
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Research Briefing
Carer’s Leave Bill 2022-23
This briefing paper provides information on the Carers Leave Bill 2022-23, introduced in the House of Commons by Wendy Chamberlain MP as a Private Member's Bill on 15 June 2022. The paper lays out the background, content and commentary on the Bill.
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Debate Pack
E-petition debate: The removal of parental responsibility for people convicted of serious offences
Read the Government’s response and background ahead of the debate on e-petition 614893 on Monday 7 November 2022.
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Constituency Casework
Child maintenance: Challenging the undeclared income of paying parents
How child maintenance is calculated and what to do if a paying parent is suspected of not declaring their true income.
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Debate Pack
Children’s social care workforce
There will be a debate on the children’s social care workforce in Westminster Hall at 4:30pm on 20 July 2022. This debate will be led by Marie Rimmer MP.
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Debate Pack
Reforming the Child Maintenance Service
A Westminster Hall debate on 'Reforming the Child Maintenance Service' is scheduled for 19 May 2022 at 1.30pm. Marion Fellows MP will open the debate.
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Debate Pack
Queen’s Speech debate, 16 May 2022: Making Britain the best place to grow up and grow old
Background briefings for Queen's Speech debate on 16 May 2022: "Making Britain the best place to grow up and grow old"
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Debate Pack
The recruitment and retention of foster carers
A Westminster Hall debate on the recruitment and retention of foster carers is scheduled for 21 April 2022 at 3:00pm.
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Research Briefing
Home education in England
This briefing provides information and the key issues on home education in England as well as current and past proposals for reform.
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Research Briefing
Financial support for family and friends carers (kinship carers)
This House of Commons Library briefing paper considers what help is available for grandparents and other family and friends carers (also known as kinship carers) looking after children where their parents are not in a position to do so.
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Research Briefing
Early intervention: a background paper
This paper provides an introductory overview of the development of early intervention policies, their evidence-base and their impact. It also provides links to further reading. It complements the Library briefing paper Early Intervention: policy and provision (CBP 7647) which provides information on the provision of early intervention support programmes in England.
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