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A new pledge about making improvements to the health of children and young people has been launched today.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
More than 100,000 people have already signed up to receive online advice about looking after their baby - and a quarter of these are fathers.
Edward Timpson, Children's Minister, speaks about the progress made in combating child sexual exploitation.
Parents are being invited to send in their questions about whooping cough ahead of a webchat scheduled for Tuesday 5 February.
Details on government's plans to tackle the weaknesses in the adoption system.
Details on the proposed changes to the law to allow LAs to delegate some of their work for looked-after children to external organisations.
Would-be adopters can now access a new map showing the areas with the highest number of children waiting for new homes.
Health minister Dr Dan Poulter and Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies attended a reception this week with members of the Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum, to thank them formally for thei…
The Department of Health distributes two million free booklets to support mums and give them the right information during pregnancy
Free booklet for all pregnant mums to help them keep healthy throughout pregnancy.
Information on how Ofsted will be allowed to share the names and addresses of children’s homes with organisations such as the police.
Local authority allocations to deliver 15 hours a week early education for 130,000 two-year-olds have been published.
Resources and tools are aimed at health visitors and people who work with them.
Education Secretary speech on child protection on 19th November at the Institute of Public Policy Research.
Speaking at the Fostering Network’s annual conference, Children’s Minister Edward Timpson calls for a cut in the red tape stopping foster carers getting on with everyday parenting as part of a drive to recruit more carers.
More help for mums and families has been announced by Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter.
Children's Minister Edward Timpson said the Department for Education is today publishing a National Prospectus launching our new Grants Programme for 2013-15.
Thousands of young children will be spared hospital stays and hundreds of thousands of GP visits caused by diarrhoea thanks to a new vaccination programme, announced today by the Department of Health.
Children's Minister Edward Timpson talks to the Advertising Association about the importance of letting children be children.
Edward Timpson responds to Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board’s review.
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