Urgent need for national register of home-schooled children
There is an ‘astonishing’ lack of data on the number of children being home educated, the education select committee has warned.
More data must be collected and a national register for children out of school must be established to ensure all children not in school receive a suitable education, the group of MPs have said.
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National Adoption Strategy published
A new National Adoption Strategy, backed by a £48 million investment, has been launched to improve adoption services in England, the government has announced.
The strategy will improve recruitment across the country and remove any unnecessary delays, through more training for front line staff, improving approval process and funding for targeted recruitment campaigns.
Education Secretary Gavin [...]
Government launches tackling violence against women and girls strategy
A new government strategy to ensure women and girls are safe everywhere has been launched by Home Secretary Priti Patel.
The strategy sets out a clear ambition to increase support for victims and survivors, increase the number of perpetrators brought to justice and to reduce the prevalence of violence against women and girls in the [...]
Spending on early help services halves in decade
Spending on early intervention for services has halved over the last 10 years, charities have warned.
Between 2010 and 2020, local authorities in England reduced spending on early intervention services from £3.6bn to £1.8bn, analysis of council budgets by a group of leading children’s charities has revealed.
The most deprived local authorities in the UK reduced early [...]
Cafcass introduces revised working arrangements following rise in private law cases
Cafcass has introduced some revised arrangements for managing unsustainable caseloads.
The process has been implemented in the Cafcass areas covering Birmingham, the Black Country, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Herefordshire family courts due to unsustainable pressures on the family justice system in the area.
Cafcass Chief Executive, Jacky Tiotto said: “I have said publicly before that any [...]
Vulnerable children offered COVID vaccine
The Health and Social Care Secretary has accepted the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to offer vaccines to vulnerable young people.
The JCVI has advised that children at increased risk of serious COVID-19 disease – including children aged 12 to 15 with severe neurodisabilities, Down’s syndrome, immunosuppression and multiple or severe [...]
