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This consultation invites your views on the planned revisions to the Children's Homes and Fostering Regulations and Statutory Guidance.
Launch Date: Friday 27 August 2010
Closing Date: Friday 19 November 2010
On 5 July the Secretary of State announced a review of all areas of the Department for Education's capital spending. Its purpose is to change the way schools building is done so that waste (of both time and money) is eliminated as far as possible. This should significantly increase the amount and pace of improvement that can be achieved for any given level of spending, and in turn support the Government's ambitions to reduce the deficit. This call for evidence seeks your views on these proposals.
Launch Date: Friday 6 August 2010
Closing Date: Friday 17 September 2010
The Minister of State for Children and Families, Sarah Teather, has invited Dame Clare Tickell to conduct an independent review of the Early Years Foundation Stage. The review is looking at how best to protect young children's safety and welfare and support their development and learning. The review is being supported by a secretariat of Department for Education officials. The review was announced on 06 July 2010.
Launch Date: Monday 2 August 2010
Closing Date: Thursday 30 September 2010
This consultation seeks views on proposed arrangements for the operation of the pupil premium and the distribution of the Dedicated Schools Grant to local authorities for 2011-12. It seeks views on the overall funding methodology and puts forward options for how elements of the pupil premium should operate. The consultation runs from 26 July to 18 October - 12 weeks. We are aware that this period includes the summer break. Unfortunately we cannot extend the deadline for responses as we need to conclude by that time to give sufficient time for the calculation of local authority and school budgets. The school funding consultation was announced in Parliament on 26 July 2010.
Please note that, on accessing this consultation, the first option ‘Read the consultation document on-line' opens the Executive Summary only. The full consultation document is available as a download (option 4 in the list).
Launch Date: Monday 26 July 2010
Closing Date: Monday 18 October 2010
The Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, has invited John Dunford to conduct an independent review of the office, role and functions of the Children's Commissioner for England. The review is looking particularly at the powers, remit and functions of the Children's Commissioner, how this role relates to other functions supported by Government and value for money. The review is being supported by a secretariat of Department for Education officials. The review was announced in Parliament on 12 July 2010.
The review is very keen to hear the views of children and young people and an online survey designed for children and young people can be found here. There is also a questionnaire which can be downloaded from this website which can be returned by post or email. For those who would like to interview their peers, there is also a version of the questionnaire designed for this. If there are children and young people who would like to share their views or gather the views of their peers in other ways then please get in touch and we will be happy to help you.
Launch Date: Monday 12 July 2010
Closing Date: Monday 4 October 2010
The Home Office has launched a targeted consultation on the new drug strategy. This provides an early opportunity for all stakeholders to contribute to the development of the new drug strategy. The consultation is open for 6 weeks until 30 September. The government plans to publish the new drug strategy later this year.
Questions are asked around four key themes led by the following government departments: preventing drug use (Department for Education); strengthening enforcement, criminal justice and legal framework (Home Office and Ministry of Justice) and rebalancing treatment to support drug-free outcomes (Department of Health).
