Children in Care: Missing Persons | Department for Education | Written Answers Annual data recorded to 31 March 2017 showed that 50% of missing incidents were by children placed across a range of residential accommodati
Pre-school Education | Department for Education | Written Answers In 2016 and 2017, the current and previous Secretaries of State for Education and Ministers responsible for early years education and childc
Child Minding: Registration | Department for Education | Written Answers Table 1 of the statistical release “Registered Providers and Places in England: December 2008 onwards” sets out the number of childminders r
Children: Video Equipment | Department for Education | Written Answers A large body of research has linked the amount of ‘screen time’ such as watching television, playing computer games, using smartphone apps w
Care Homes: Children | Department for Education | Written Answers The Department is committed to setting up a Residential Care Leadership Board to drive significant improvements in the children’s residentia
Intercountry Adoption: Pupil Premium | Department for Education | Written Answers The government is currently considering the educational entitlements of children adopted from care outside England and Wales.
Children: Day Care | Department for Education | Written Answers We are increasing support to working parents by doubling the free childcare entitlement from 15 to 30 hours per week from September 2017.
Foster Care | Department for Education | Written Answers The National Fostering Stocktake is underway. It is exploring a number of issues including the recruitment and retention of foster carers.
Foster Care | Department for Education | Written Answers We expect to publish the government’s response to the National Fostering Stocktake in Spring 2018.
Children: Day Care | Department for Education | Written Answers We have not received specific representations from providers on the areas raised in the question since the launch of the extended entitlemen