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asked Her Majesty's Government:How they plan to disseminate the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s concluding observations to (a) children, (b) parents, (c) the children's workforce, and (d) within government; and
asked Her Majesty's Government:How they plan to disseminate the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child’s concluding observations to (a) children, (b) parents, (c) the children's workforce, and (d) within government; and
Asked by
Baroness Walmsley
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Adonis
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
29 September 2008
The UK Government will seek appropriate dialogues with a range of partners and organisations when considering the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations, including children and young people. This process includes a seminar on 29 July 2008 that the Department for Children, Schools and Families is jointly hosting with UNICEF UK and Get Ready for Geneva. The seminar will look at the issues raised in Get Ready for Geneva’s children and young people’s report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and consider how they can be addressed. The seminar will be attended by children and young people, representatives from non-governmental organisations working for children's rights, the Minister for Children, Young People and Families and officials from across the Government.
It would be at disproportionate cost to disaggregate the full funding spent on activities related to UNCRC over the past five years. However, in England, funding for events, communications and publications solely on UNCRC in 2006-07 was a total of £107,397, and in 2007-08 it was £61,839. There are a wide range of other participatory activities funded by the Government which will have related to UNCRC, but we are not able to disaggregate these to set out the precise spend on the convention.
In addition, the Government have, through the children, young people and families grant programme, provided £181,000 in 2007-08 and £178,000 in 2008-09 to UNICEF UK for an expansion and independent evaluation of its Rights Respecting Schools Award scheme. A further £162,000 has been awarded to UNICEF UK through the grant for 2009-10. The department also provided the British Institute of Human Rights with £24,912 to expand the ““Right Hear, Right Now”” key stage 3 human rights teaching resource to include specific lesson plans for understanding and applying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The resource was formally launched in July 2008.
Funding to key partners in Scotland who undertake activities on UNCRC is as follows:
| Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights | Article 12 in Scotland | Children's Parliament | |
| 2004-05 | £0 | £12,500 | £0 |
| 2005-06 | £2,400 | £50,000 | £73,100 |
| 2006-07 | £18,000 | £51,250 | £74,928 |
| 2007-08 | £13,800 | £53,813 | £121,660 |
| 2008-09 | £24,000 | £55,475 | £93,660 |
Notes
Answer received between Tuesday 5 August and Monday 11 August 2008
Subjects
Children's rights; Finance; Education; Publicity; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date
29 September 2008
Reference
5094; 703 c325-6WA
House
House of Lords
How they will ensure information is disseminated on the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations to children in institutional settings, including custody; and what steps they will take to ensure information is disseminated in an accessible language and format for disabled children; and
How they will ensure information is disseminated on the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations to children in institutional settings, including custody; and what steps they will take to ensure information is disseminated in an accessible language and format for disabled children; and
Asked by
Baroness Walmsley
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Adonis
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
29 September 2008
The UK Government will seek appropriate dialogues with a range of partners and organisations when considering the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations, including children and young people. This process includes a seminar on 29 July 2008 that the Department for Children, Schools and Families is jointly hosting with UNICEF UK and Get Ready for Geneva. The seminar will look at the issues raised in Get Ready for Geneva’s children and young people’s report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and consider how they can be addressed. The seminar will be attended by children and young people, representatives from non-governmental organisations working for children's rights, the Minister for Children, Young People and Families and officials from across the Government.
It would be at disproportionate cost to disaggregate the full funding spent on activities related to UNCRC over the past five years. However, in England, funding for events, communications and publications solely on UNCRC in 2006-07 was a total of £107,397, and in 2007-08 it was £61,839. There are a wide range of other participatory activities funded by the Government which will have related to UNCRC, but we are not able to disaggregate these to set out the precise spend on the convention.
In addition, the Government have, through the children, young people and families grant programme, provided £181,000 in 2007-08 and £178,000 in 2008-09 to UNICEF UK for an expansion and independent evaluation of its Rights Respecting Schools Award scheme. A further £162,000 has been awarded to UNICEF UK through the grant for 2009-10. The department also provided the British Institute of Human Rights with £24,912 to expand the ““Right Hear, Right Now”” key stage 3 human rights teaching resource to include specific lesson plans for understanding and applying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The resource was formally launched in July 2008.
Funding to key partners in Scotland who undertake activities on UNCRC is as follows:
| Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights | Article 12 in Scotland | Children's Parliament | |
| 2004-05 | £0 | £12,500 | £0 |
| 2005-06 | £2,400 | £50,000 | £73,100 |
| 2006-07 | £18,000 | £51,250 | £74,928 |
| 2007-08 | £13,800 | £53,813 | £121,660 |
| 2008-09 | £24,000 | £55,475 | £93,660 |
Notes
Answer received between Tuesday 5 August and Monday 11 August 2008
Subjects
Children's rights; Finance; Education; Publicity; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date
29 September 2008
Reference
5095; 703 c325-6WA
House
House of Lords
How they plan to engage non-governmental organisations working for children's rights in formulating a response to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations; and
How they plan to engage non-governmental organisations working for children's rights in formulating a response to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations; and
Asked by
Baroness Walmsley
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Adonis
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
29 September 2008
The UK Government will seek appropriate dialogues with a range of partners and organisations when considering the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations, including children and young people. This process includes a seminar on 29 July 2008 that the Department for Children, Schools and Families is jointly hosting with UNICEF UK and Get Ready for Geneva. The seminar will look at the issues raised in Get Ready for Geneva’s children and young people’s report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and consider how they can be addressed. The seminar will be attended by children and young people, representatives from non-governmental organisations working for children's rights, the Minister for Children, Young People and Families and officials from across the Government.
It would be at disproportionate cost to disaggregate the full funding spent on activities related to UNCRC over the past five years. However, in England, funding for events, communications and publications solely on UNCRC in 2006-07 was a total of £107,397, and in 2007-08 it was £61,839. There are a wide range of other participatory activities funded by the Government which will have related to UNCRC, but we are not able to disaggregate these to set out the precise spend on the convention.
In addition, the Government have, through the children, young people and families grant programme, provided £181,000 in 2007-08 and £178,000 in 2008-09 to UNICEF UK for an expansion and independent evaluation of its Rights Respecting Schools Award scheme. A further £162,000 has been awarded to UNICEF UK through the grant for 2009-10. The department also provided the British Institute of Human Rights with £24,912 to expand the ““Right Hear, Right Now”” key stage 3 human rights teaching resource to include specific lesson plans for understanding and applying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The resource was formally launched in July 2008.
Funding to key partners in Scotland who undertake activities on UNCRC is as follows:
| Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights | Article 12 in Scotland | Children's Parliament | |
| 2004-05 | £0 | £12,500 | £0 |
| 2005-06 | £2,400 | £50,000 | £73,100 |
| 2006-07 | £18,000 | £51,250 | £74,928 |
| 2007-08 | £13,800 | £53,813 | £121,660 |
| 2008-09 | £24,000 | £55,475 | £93,660 |
Notes
Answer received between Tuesday 5 August and Monday 11 August 2008
Subjects
Children's rights; Finance; Education; Publicity; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date
29 September 2008
Reference
5096; 703 c325-6WA
House
House of Lords
How much they have spent on disseminating information about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to (a) children, (b) parents, (c) the children's workforce, and (d) within government, in each of the last five years; and
How much they have spent on disseminating information about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to (a) children, (b) parents, (c) the children's workforce, and (d) within government, in each of the last five years; and
Asked by
Baroness Walmsley
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Adonis
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
29 September 2008
The UK Government will seek appropriate dialogues with a range of partners and organisations when considering the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations, including children and young people. This process includes a seminar on 29 July 2008 that the Department for Children, Schools and Families is jointly hosting with UNICEF UK and Get Ready for Geneva. The seminar will look at the issues raised in Get Ready for Geneva’s children and young people’s report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and consider how they can be addressed. The seminar will be attended by children and young people, representatives from non-governmental organisations working for children's rights, the Minister for Children, Young People and Families and officials from across the Government.
It would be at disproportionate cost to disaggregate the full funding spent on activities related to UNCRC over the past five years. However, in England, funding for events, communications and publications solely on UNCRC in 2006-07 was a total of £107,397, and in 2007-08 it was £61,839. There are a wide range of other participatory activities funded by the Government which will have related to UNCRC, but we are not able to disaggregate these to set out the precise spend on the convention.
In addition, the Government have, through the children, young people and families grant programme, provided £181,000 in 2007-08 and £178,000 in 2008-09 to UNICEF UK for an expansion and independent evaluation of its Rights Respecting Schools Award scheme. A further £162,000 has been awarded to UNICEF UK through the grant for 2009-10. The department also provided the British Institute of Human Rights with £24,912 to expand the ““Right Hear, Right Now”” key stage 3 human rights teaching resource to include specific lesson plans for understanding and applying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The resource was formally launched in July 2008.
Funding to key partners in Scotland who undertake activities on UNCRC is as follows:
| Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights | Article 12 in Scotland | Children's Parliament | |
| 2004-05 | £0 | £12,500 | £0 |
| 2005-06 | £2,400 | £50,000 | £73,100 |
| 2006-07 | £18,000 | £51,250 | £74,928 |
| 2007-08 | £13,800 | £53,813 | £121,660 |
| 2008-09 | £24,000 | £55,475 | £93,660 |
Notes
Answer received between Tuesday 5 August and Monday 11 August 2008
Subjects
Children's rights; Finance; Education; Publicity; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date
29 September 2008
Reference
5097; 703 c325-6WA
House
House of Lords
How much funding they have provided to non-governmental organisations working for children's rights to promote the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, in each of the last five years.
How much funding they have provided to non-governmental organisations working for children's rights to promote the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, in each of the last five years.
Asked by
Baroness Walmsley
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Adonis
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
29 September 2008
The UK Government will seek appropriate dialogues with a range of partners and organisations when considering the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations, including children and young people. This process includes a seminar on 29 July 2008 that the Department for Children, Schools and Families is jointly hosting with UNICEF UK and Get Ready for Geneva. The seminar will look at the issues raised in Get Ready for Geneva’s children and young people’s report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and consider how they can be addressed. The seminar will be attended by children and young people, representatives from non-governmental organisations working for children's rights, the Minister for Children, Young People and Families and officials from across the Government.
It would be at disproportionate cost to disaggregate the full funding spent on activities related to UNCRC over the past five years. However, in England, funding for events, communications and publications solely on UNCRC in 2006-07 was a total of £107,397, and in 2007-08 it was £61,839. There are a wide range of other participatory activities funded by the Government which will have related to UNCRC, but we are not able to disaggregate these to set out the precise spend on the convention.
In addition, the Government have, through the children, young people and families grant programme, provided £181,000 in 2007-08 and £178,000 in 2008-09 to UNICEF UK for an expansion and independent evaluation of its Rights Respecting Schools Award scheme. A further £162,000 has been awarded to UNICEF UK through the grant for 2009-10. The department also provided the British Institute of Human Rights with £24,912 to expand the ““Right Hear, Right Now”” key stage 3 human rights teaching resource to include specific lesson plans for understanding and applying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The resource was formally launched in July 2008.
Funding to key partners in Scotland who undertake activities on UNCRC is as follows:
| Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights | Article 12 in Scotland | Children's Parliament | |
| 2004-05 | £0 | £12,500 | £0 |
| 2005-06 | £2,400 | £50,000 | £73,100 |
| 2006-07 | £18,000 | £51,250 | £74,928 |
| 2007-08 | £13,800 | £53,813 | £121,660 |
| 2008-09 | £24,000 | £55,475 | £93,660 |
Notes
Answer received between Tuesday 5 August and Monday 11 August 2008
Subjects
Children's rights; Finance; Education; Publicity; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date
29 September 2008
Reference
5098; 703 c325-6WA
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. Will she tell her right honourable friend the Secretary of State how much the committee appreciate it when a country sends in its delegation its most senior Minister to report to it on forward goals and priorities for implementation of the convention? Will she also tell him that, if he felt moved while he was there to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child and to integrate it into UK law fully, wholeheartedly and overtly, he would make himself even more popular with the committee?
My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. Will she tell her right honourable friend the Secretary of State how much the committee appreciate it when a country sends in its delegation its most senior Minister to report to it on forward goals and priorities for implementation of the convention? Will she also tell him that, if he felt moved while he was there to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child and to integrate it into UK law fully, wholeheartedly and overtly, he would make himself even more popular with the committee?
Asked by
Baroness Walmsley
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
15 July 2008
My Lords, the UK Government take the reporting process very seriously. We have identified suitable senior officials who will be able to undertake this task. It is long established that those officials will represent the Government, but they also bring together the devolved Administrations and other government departments. However, the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families has written to the UN committee’s rapporteurs in the UK and has invited them to meet her while they are in the UK this summer. We take this extremely seriously and are keen to enter into a constructive, strategic and fruitful dialogue with the UN committee.
Subjects
Ministers; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; UK delegations; Department for Children, Schools and Families; UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date
15 July 2008
Reference
703 c1096
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Whether the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families will head the United Kingdom delegation reporting to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on 23 September.
Whether the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families will head the United Kingdom delegation reporting to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on 23 September.
Asked by
Baroness Walmsley
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Baroness Thornton
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
15 July 2008
Answered on
15 July 2008
My Lords, the UK delegation will be led by a senior civil servant, Tom Jeffery, director-general at the Department for Children, Schools and Families, who will be able to undertake a high-quality dialogue with the committee. The UK Government do not routinely send Ministers to report at this type of hearing and, like the Governments of most other western countries, have not previously sent Ministers to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Subjects
Ministers; UK delegations; Department for Children, Schools and Families; UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date
15 July 2008
Reference
703 c1096
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, will the Minister say what the Government are doing to educate our children, and indeed the general public, about what the convention means to them? At the very least, will the Government encourage local authorities to take up UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools programme—I declare an interest as a trustee of UNICEF—which teaches children what their rights are and what their responsibilities are to other children and adults?
My Lords, will the Minister say what the Government are doing to educate our children, and indeed the general public, about what the convention means to them? At the very least, will the Government encourage local authorities to take up UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools programme—I declare an interest as a trustee of UNICEF—which teaches children what their rights are and what their responsibilities are to other children and adults?
Asked by
Baroness Walmsley
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
31 January 2008
My Lords, the noble Baroness is absolutely right; it is very important that the public at large, and children in particular, are very much made aware of their rights under the UN convention—one of the most popular conventions that there have ever been. We have a number of programmes on raising awareness, as the noble Baroness will know. We are committed to operating a number of web-based portals, enabling children and adults to access information about the convention. For parents and young people, Directgov has a popular section on it. For children under 10, DirectgovKids has a section on it. We also have specific training on the convention for all those who work with children.
Subjects
Children's rights; UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date
31 January 2008
Reference
698 c738
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Lords debate on unstarred question on what progress has been made on the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Report 2002. Grand Committee off the floor of the House (Moses Room).
Lords debate on unstarred question on what progress has been made on the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Report 2002. Grand Committee off the floor of the House (Moses Room).
Lead member
Baroness Walmsley
Answering member
Baroness Andrews
Department
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Questions for short debate
Legislation
Children Act 2004
Subjects
Children; Criminal proceedings; Asylum; Death; Corporal punishment; Children's rights; Custodial treatment; Children's Commissioner for England; Age of criminal responsibility; Education; Human rights; Privacy; Young offenders; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; Anti-social behaviour orders; UN Committee on the Rights of the Child; Young offender institutions
Date
23 March 2005
Reference
671 c148-68GC
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
House
House of Lords
Lords debate on unstarred question on the report of the United Kingdom's treatment of children published by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on 4 October 2002.
Lords debate on unstarred question on the report of the United Kingdom's treatment of children published by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child on 4 October 2002.
Lead member
Baroness Walmsley
Answering member
Baroness Ashton of Upholland
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Questions for short debate
Subjects
Children; Asylum; Corporal punishment; Children's rights; Health services; Education; Poverty; Young people; Young offenders; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; Teenage pregnancy; UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date
10 March 2003
Reference
645 c1184-202
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords