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From Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families)
  • Edward Timpson on the catalysation of childhood

    Children's Minister Edward Timpson talks to the Advertising Association about the importance of letting children be children.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Edward Timpson's statement on Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board’s Review of Multi-agency Responses to the Sexual Exploitation of Children

    Edward Timpson responds to Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board’s review.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Adoption statistics: statement from Edward Timpson

    Edward Timpson, Children and Families Minister, speaks about the adoption statistics released today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Measures to improve adoption and fostering

    A consultation into how the process for assessing prospective adoptors and foster carers can be speeded up, and how the bureaucracy that currently makes the process more difficult can be removed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Action plan to stop child abuse in the name of faith or belief

    Ritual child abuse and neglect is being hidden, misunderstood and going unreported. The Department for Education and many stakeholders have drawn up an action plan to identify children at risk and protect them.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tim Loughton writes to 'The Guardian' about school playing fields

    Tim Loughton writes to 'The Guardian' on 9 August 2012 in response to an article about the sale of school playing fields.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Funding to support new social workers

    Details of a £2,000 learning and development boost for social workers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Appointment of the Family Justice Board chair

    Details of the government's plans to strengthen the family justice system.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Call for views: birth-parent contact and siblings in care

    Details of a proposed change in the law to help place children at the heart of the care and adoption system.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Radical scheme to rescue NEETs

    Young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs) stand to benefit from a new scheme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Repeal of the duty on Ofsted to conduct an annual Children’s Services Assessment of each local authority in England

    Information about the repeal of the duty on Ofsted to conduct an annual Children’s Services Assessment of each local authority in England.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tim Loughton on promoting PE in schools

    Children's Minister Tim Loughton talks to the Association for Physical Education about the importance of sports in schools.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tim Loughton sets challenge at ADCS conference

    The Children's Minister challenges Directors of Children's Services to improve standards of residential care for vulnerable children.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Urgent reforms to protect children in residential care from sexual exploitation

    Details of a push to combat sexual exploitation of children in care.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Parents asked if adult websites should be blocked

    Parents and businesses are being asked whether automatic online blocks should be introduced to protect children from adult and harmful websites, in a discussion paper published today by ministers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • All Party Parliamentary inquiry report into children missing from care: government response

    The Department's statement responding to the All Party Parliamentary report on runaway children in care.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cafcass board members announcement

    Honor Rhodes OBE has been appointed to serve as a member of the Cafcass Board from 15 June 2012 for three years. Professor Ian Butler has also been re-appointed for a second term from 01 May 2012.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Proposals to enable children to see both their parents are launched

    Plans to strengthen the law so children continue to see both parents if they separate have been put forward by ministers today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bureaucracy axed to put vulnerable children first

    Plans for the overhaul of the child protection system, axing hundreds of pages of manuals and replacing them with precise guidance.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Biggest overhaul to child performance regulations in over 40 years

    Outdated and confusing child performance rules are to be overhauled, under sweeping changes published today by Children’s Minister Tim Loughton.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government