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Extract from Wales Assembly Questions to the First Minister: Sex Attacks - Jan 22

Michelle Brown AM: What assessment has the Welsh Government made of why the rate of sex attacks in Wales is higher than the UK average...

Wednesday, 23 January 2019 06:44

Offensive Weapons Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Jan 22

Offensive Weapons Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Jan 22...

Wednesday, 23 January 2019 06:43

Early sight of questions to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Jan 28

Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): What steps his Department is taking to reduce the death rate among homeless people...

Wednesday, 23 January 2019 06:09

Darwin Plus: 'Bird-borne' radar for albatrosses among 17 new projects to be funded

Rare species and iconic landscapes, from the polar regions to the Caribbean seas, will receive protection through UK Government funding...

Wednesday, 23 January 2019 04:34

National Audit Office report on the Pressures on children's social care

In a report published today, the National Audit Office has concluded that the Department for Education does not fully understand what is driving demand for children’s social care...

Wednesday, 23 January 2019 00:01

LGA responds to NAO report on children's social care

Responding to a report by the National Audit Office on children’s social care, Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, said...

Wednesday, 23 January 2019 00:01

Children’s education damaged by academy failures and misuse of funds says PAC report

There has been a succession of high-profile academy failures that have been costly to the taxpayer and damaging to children’s education...

Wednesday, 23 January 2019 00:01

Government doesn't know why more children in need of care - Emma Lewell-Buck responds to NAO report

Emma Lewell-Buck MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Children and Families, commenting on the National Audit Office report concluding that the Department for Education does not fully understand what is driving demand for children’s social care, said...

Wednesday, 23 January 2019 00:01

PAC report on academy failures and misuse of funding is a wake-up call to DfE says National Education Union

Commenting on Academy accounts and performance, the report of the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...

Wednesday, 23 January 2019 00:01

DWP not engaging with expert calls for change to Universal Credit

Government rejects unanimous call by Committee, NAO and SSAC to test its own readiness for moving existing claimants as Committee launches new inquiry...

Wednesday, 23 January 2019 00:01