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Young People in Care

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

450 c21-31 

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Education and Skills

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Related items

Care matters: transforming the lives of children and young people in care.
Monday, 9 October 2006
Command papers
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Alan Johnson | 450 c21-3 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the children in care Green Paper,...

Lord Willetts | 450 c23-4 (Link to this contribution) We welcome the statement, as the evidence on the plight of our cared-for children is deeply shocking...

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Alan Johnson | 450 c24-6 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the evidence is shocking, and absolutely right to...

Alan Johnson | 450 c28 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend— I did not even get an ““honourable.”” My hon. Friend makes an important point...

Alan Johnson | 450 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady is absolutely correct. The motivational aspect is one issue, and another is what...

Ann Widdecombe | 450 c28 (Link to this contribution) I welcome many of the changes that the Secretary of State has announced, but it is one thing to enab...

Baroness Teather | 450 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) May I begin by welcoming the Green Paper and thanking the Secretary of State for the tone of his sta...

Alan Johnson | 450 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for her comments and for her welcome for many parts of the report. I shall pic...

Gwyneth Dunwoody | 450 c28 (Link to this contribution) Sometimes quite simple things can make an enormous difference. Will my friend have a word with the D...

Ann Coffey | 450 c26 (Link to this contribution) As my right hon. Friend says, early intervention in children’s lives is crucial to prevent them from...

Alan Johnson | 450 c26 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend—my young hon. Friend—is absolutely right. One of the problems identified in the Green...

Alan Johnson | 450 c31 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. I am not pretending that part of the £500 that we will give the social work...

Sharon Hodgson | 450 c31 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is absolutely correct to say that children in care are our responsibility, and ...

Alan Johnson | 450 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) First, of course, there is the 14 to 19 agenda, which seeks to address that issue for all children. ...

Alan Johnson | 450 c30 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. The idea is that third tier foster carers will be trained, supported an...

Annette Brooke | 450 c30 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the approach to education and the incentives to go on to university, but what further help...

Alan Johnson | 450 c30 (Link to this contribution) One of the countries that we have looked at is the United States. That is where the idea of function...

Alan Johnson | 450 c29 (Link to this contribution) I join my hon. Friend in congratulating my right hon. Friend the Minister for Children and Families ...

Andrew Selous | 450 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State say something about what his Department can do to turn off the tap of th...

David Kidney | 450 c29 (Link to this contribution) The care leavers whom I met last week were clear that they want to see more help for families, more ...

Julie Kirkbride | 450 c31 (Link to this contribution) I applaud the Secretary of State’s desire to improve outcomes for looked-after children. He asks for...

Joan Humble | 450 c30 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome today’s statement by my right hon. Friend, especially his emphasis on recruiting...

Alan Johnson | 450 c31 (Link to this contribution) Yes; we have a pilot with nine local authorities involving 50 boarding schools—both independent and ...

Subjects

Education Children Children in care Families Foster care Schools Social work Kinship care

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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