To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to increase the funding available for family support and preventative services.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of HM Probation Service.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what mechanisms are in place to ensure that local authorities carry out their duties as set out in the Children Act 1989.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of times children in public care change schools.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of children in care being placed outside their local authority area.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether any children in public care are being treated as a financial asset.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they continue to use their "good parent" policy in relation to children in state care.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in the care of local authorities in England are in foster homes provided by private companies.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children, broken down by age, were excluded from school in the last complete academic year.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the age of the youngest child to be excluded from school in England.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to reduce the number of children being excluded from schools.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that children who are excluded from schools continue to receive a focused and thorough education.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 27 November (HL11468 and HL11469), what action they are taking to require local authorities to provide high quality provision in their own areas for the children an...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 27 November (HL11468) that 41 per cent of children in care are being placed outside the area of the local authority responsible for their care and safety, what actio...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in public care are placed more than (1) 50, and (2) 100 miles beyond the boundary of the local authority with responsibility for their safety and wellbeing.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in public care are placed outside the boundary of the local authority with responsibility for their safety and wellbeing.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police forces in England and Wales have disbanded their specialist child protection teams and allocated their work to Criminal Investigation Departments.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 2 May (HL7063), whether they have any responsibilities relating to the performance of Police and Crime Panels; and if not, to whom Police and Crime Panels a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the organisation of the General Practitioner service continues to be suited to being the foundation of a comprehensive primary care health service.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which increased demand on accident and emergency services is influenced by the lack of a comprehensive primary care health service.