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Children and families

  • Research Briefing

    Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England

    Thursday, 27 March, 2014

    The development of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England since its establishment in 2005, including the 2014 reforms.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
  • Research Briefing

    Government support for childcare and childcare reform under the Coalition Government

    Wednesday, 29 January, 2014

    This note provides an overview of Government childcare policies since 2010.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Child care
    • Children and families
    • Schools
    • Tax
  • Research Briefing

    School funding: 2006–2010 policy changes under the Labour Government

    Friday, 29 November, 2013

    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
    • Children and families
    • Local government
    • Schools
  • Research Briefing

    Children and Families Bill Committee Stage Report

    Friday, 31 May, 2013

    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
    • Child care
    • Children and families
    • Civil law
    • Education
    • Family law
    • Further education
    • Schools
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Children and Families Bill

    Friday, 15 February, 2013

    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.

    • Research Briefing
    • Child care
    • Children and families
    • Civil law
    • Education
    • Family law
    • Further education
    • Schools
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Family Justice (Transparency, Accountability and Cost of Living) Bill

    Thursday, 25 October, 2012

    The Bill has three parts. Part 1 deals with transparency and accountability in connection with cases concerning children and proceedings in the Court of Protection. Part 2 contains other provisions relating to the administration of justice; and Part 3 deals with the cost of living and measures to achieve lower fuel bills.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Civil law
  • Research Briefing

    Family Justice Review update: Contact and other issues for parents following separation

    Monday, 10 September, 2012

    A brief overview of the Family Justice Review’s proposals relating to child contact issues and Government’s response to them, as well as the subsequent steps being taken.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
  • Research Briefing

    Viral “Breadwinner” hoax email alleging abuse of fostering allowances

    Wednesday, 02 May, 2012

    A number of MPs have contacted the Library concerning an e-mail that constituents have forwarded alleging abuse of the fostering system in order to benefit from the allowances available. The e-mail in question is not based in fact, and is a hoax. This short note explains the many errors in the “Breadwinner” email, and notes that an almost identical US version is also in circulation, which seems to be the source of the version discussed in this note.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Children's social services
    • Civil law
  • Research Briefing

    Fostering – long-term, emergency, temporary and private placements; and care orders

    Wednesday, 02 May, 2012

    This note provides information on the different types of fostering arrangements available, and the arrangements for taking a child into care.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Children's social services
    • Civil law
  • Research Briefing

    Child Benefit for higher income families

    Monday, 16 April, 2012

    At the Conservative Party conference in October 2010 the Chancellor announced that from January 2013 Child Benefit would be withdrawn from families with a higher rate taxpayer. Revised proposals were set out in Budget 2012 under which Child Benefit will instead be clawed back gradually from families with a taxpayer with an income between £50,000 and £60,000 a year.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
    • Tax
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Education Bill: Committee Stage Report

    Thursday, 05 May, 2011

    This is an account of the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Education Bill. It complements Research Paper 11/14, prepared for the Commons Second Reading debate, which examines the range of matters covered by the Bill. As originally presented, the Bill sought to make provision relating to the National Assembly for Wales’ framework powers. However, these clauses were removed from the Bill following the ‘yes’ vote in the Welsh Devolution Referendum. A Government amendment to clause 13 (reporting restrictions on alleged offences by teachers) was agreed to without a vote. This inserted new schedule 11B into the Education Act 2002, and was introduced to secure compliance with a European Electronic Commerce Directive. Several minor and technical Government amendments were also made to the Bill. The Opposition tabled many amendments, a considerable number of which were pressed to a division, but none was successful.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Education
    • Further education
    • Higher education
    • Schools
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    The ContactPoint database

    Friday, 25 March, 2011

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Children's social services
  • Research Briefing

    Restriction of the Sure Start Maternity Grant

    Thursday, 10 February, 2011

    The June 2010 Budget announced that from April 2011 the Sure Start Maternity Grant would be restricted to the first child only in a family, saving around £73 million a year. The Social Security Advisory Committee believes that the measure "lacks a coherently argued rationale", and the House of Lords Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee has suggested that the Government needs to set out more clearly the rationale for the change and its anticipated impact. A particular concern is that changes to the Social Fund Budgeting Loans scheme to mitigate the impact on families will not come into effect until early 2012.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
    • Working age benefits
  • Research Briefing

    Education Bill [Bill 137 of 2010-11]

    Monday, 07 February, 2011

    This paper has been written for the House of Commons Second Reading debate on the Education Bill [Bill 137] on 8 February 2011. The Bill seeks to implement the legislative proposals in the Department for Education’s schools White Paper, 'The Importance of Teaching', and measures from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills relating to skills and the reform of higher education funding. It is therefore a very wide-ranging Bill.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Education
    • Further education
    • Higher education
    • Schools
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Lone parents and Jobseeker’s Allowance

    Thursday, 20 May, 2010

    By April 2011 most lone parents with a youngest child aged seven or over will no longer be able to claim Income Support but will instead have to claim Jobseeker's Allowance and be available for and seek paid work.

    • Research Briefing
    • Benefits policy
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
    • Work and incomes
    • Working age benefits

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