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Lord Brennan of Canton
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Brennan of Canton, Lord (5)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the reasons why (i) foster family units break down and (ii) family units with an adopted child or children breakdown.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the reasons why (i) foster family units break down and (ii) family units with an adopted child or children breakdown.
Asked by
Dari Taylor
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
28 January 2008
For answer on
30 January 2008
Answered on
5 February 2008
I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to her on 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 565W. No further research has been commissioned since that reply was given.The research study referred to in the earlier reply is now due to report to the Department in December 2008.
Subjects
Adoption; Foster care; Separation
Date
5 February 2008
Reference
471 c1102W;471 c1104W; 183548
House
House of Commons
The children's plan contains a commitment to improve support during and after family breakdown, including helping children to maintain contact with both parents. My Department promotes strong families and seeks to minimise the impact of breakdown on children. Families can access services via children's centres and extended schools. We fund marriage and relationship support through grants, and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service—CAFCASS—safeguards and promotes the best interests of children in family court proceedings.
The children's plan contains a commitment to improve support during and after family breakdown, including helping children to maintain contact with both parents. My Department promotes strong families and seeks to minimise the impact of breakdown on children. Families can access services via children's centres and extended schools. We fund marriage and relationship support through grants, and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service—CAFCASS—safeguards and promotes the best interests of children in family court proceedings.
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Oral answers to questions
What steps his Department is taking to provide relationship support and services to children of separated parents.
Subjects
Children; Advisory services; Families; Parents; Separation
Date
4 February 2008
Reference
471 c652
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I know that the hon. Gentleman is very keen on the Australian model and that he has long taken an interest in that subject. I am sure that that has nothing to do with the fact that he had an Australian mother. The Legal Services Commission has recently finished piloting the family advice and information services, known as FAINS. These are aimed at encouraging the development of a more holistic approach, including clients working with their solicitors to develop a personal action plan to identify the actions that the client and other agencies will take, and the support that the client will need, in addition to that of a solicitor. So there is already a FAINS pilot in place, and we will evaluate it in the near future, perhaps before we go on to consider the hon. Gentleman's preferred native solution.
I know that the hon. Gentleman is very keen on the Australian model and that he has long taken an interest in that subject. I am sure that that has nothing to do with the fact that he had an Australian mother. The Legal Services Commission has recently finished piloting the family advice and information services, known as FAINS. These are aimed at encouraging the development of a more holistic approach, including clients working with their solicitors to develop a personal action plan to identify the actions that the client and other agencies will take, and the support that the client will need, in addition to that of a solicitor. So there is already a FAINS pilot in place, and we will evaluate it in the near future, perhaps before we go on to consider the hon. Gentleman's preferred native solution.
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Oral answers to questions
The Children's Commissioner for England has said that the most important cause of unhappiness in children is the threat of family breakdown. Will the Government therefore look sympathetically at the family relationship centres in Australia, which have bipartisan support and help parents to reach agreement on post-separation parenting? They also do a lot to strengthen intact family relationships and marriages.
Subjects
Children; Advisory services; Families; Parents; Separation
Date
4 February 2008
Reference
471 c652
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What steps his Department is taking to provide relationship support and services to children of separated parents.
What steps his Department is taking to provide relationship support and services to children of separated parents.
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 January 2008
For answer on
4 February 2008
Answered on
4 February 2008
The children's plan contains a commitment to improve support during and after family breakdown, including helping children to maintain contact with both parents. My Department promotes strong families and seeks to minimise the impact of breakdown on children. Families can access services via children's centres and extended schools. We fund marriage and relationship support through grants, and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service—CAFCASS—safeguards and promotes the best interests of children in family court proceedings.
Subjects
Children; Advisory services; Families; Parents; Separation
Date
4 February 2008
Reference
471 c652; 183688
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans his Department has for ensuring the provision of information and guidance for families where parents have separated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans his Department has for ensuring the provision of information and guidance for families where parents have separated.
Asked by
Lord Harper
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 July 2007
For answer on
26 July 2007
Answered on
26 July 2007
In March 2006, we published the ‘Parenting Plan’. This easily accessible guide for separating parents helps them work out the best possible arrangements for their children, whether or not they then make court applications. CAFCASS distributes the plans, and it provides further information and support to those families involved in family court proceedings. From September 2007, the Legal Services Commission will be testing demand for giving advice over the telephone to people experiencing relationship breakdown.
Subjects
Advisory services; Lone parents; Separation
Date
26 July 2007
Reference
152583; 463 c1371W
House
House of Commons