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Calendar
Thursday 18th September 2025 11 a.m.
Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – committee stage (day 12)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
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Tuesday 16th September 2025 11 a.m.
Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – committee stage (day 11) - part one
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
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Tuesday 16th September 2025
Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – committee stage (day 11) - part two
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
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Wednesday 10th September 2025
Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – committee stage (day 10) - part two
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
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Wednesday 10th September 2025 11 a.m.
Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – committee stage (day 10)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
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Tuesday 2nd September 2025 11 a.m.
Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - committee stage (day 9) - part one
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
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Tuesday 2nd September 2025
Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - committee stage (day 9) - part two
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
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Thursday 3rd July 2025
Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – committee stage (day 8) - part one
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
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Thursday 3rd July 2025
Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – committee stage (day 8) - part two
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
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Monday 23rd June 2025
Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – committee stage (day 7)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
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Thursday 19th June 2025
Department for International Development
Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour - Life peer)

Legislation - Main Chamber
Subject: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - committee stage (day 6)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
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Parliamentary Debates
Business of the House
2 speeches (43 words)
Thursday 24th July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) 10 September and Tuesday 16 September to enable Committee stage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech

Planning and Infrastructure Bill
173 speeches (40,427 words)
Committee stage
Thursday 24th July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Transport
Mentions:
1: Lord Lucas (Con - Excepted Hereditary) something that is happening in this Bill; it is also going on in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech

Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
110 speeches (25,837 words)
Wednesday 16th July 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which is currently in the Lords, dilutes parental choice, - Link to Speech
2: Munira Wilson (LD - Twickenham) the Liberal Democrat Benches tried to put forward an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech
3: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) provision of high-quality education: the very provision that the Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech

Online Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025
24 speeches (5,187 words)
Tuesday 15th July 2025 - Grand Committee
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Lord Wrottesley (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I will say more on this during the passage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which is currently - Link to Speech

Employment Rights Bill
110 speeches (27,703 words)
Report stage part one
Monday 14th July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LD - Life peer) I have spent a lot of time on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, where we have spent a lot of - Link to Speech
2: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) begun work to improve the system of kinship carers, starting with the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech

Educational Attainment of Boys
47 speeches (14,155 words)
Thursday 10th July 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) I will not relitigate all this stuff, but we had a schools Bill that did not have anything to say on - Link to Speech

Children’s Social Care
13 speeches (3,032 words)
Thursday 10th July 2025 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill includes provisions to reform this market, which we welcome - Link to Speech
2: Mark Sewards (Lab - Leeds South West and Morley) that we heard from our witnesses during the inquiry suggested that the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech
3: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) We welcome the steps that the Government are taking through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech

Children’s Health
39 speeches (9,283 words)
Thursday 10th July 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) children’s wellbeing, use the legislative opportunity presented by the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech
2: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) these issues, but the Government rejected a Conservative amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech

Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
33 speeches (6,987 words)
Monday 7th July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) She is aware from our work on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that there are real concerns - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) We had a lengthy debate about this in Committee on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. - Link to Speech

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
78 speeches (23,502 words)
Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) My noble friend will remember that, in the 2022 Schools Bill, we were very clear that a register for - Link to Speech

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
92 speeches (20,666 words)
Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) —[Official Report, Commons, Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee, 30/1/25; col. 297.]I think - Link to Speech
2: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) I said that two years ago and during the Schools Bill of 2022. - Link to Speech

Children with Allergies: School Safeguarding
23 speeches (10,355 words)
Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Stephen Morgan (Lab - Portsmouth South) The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will mean that every state-funded school with children on the - Link to Speech

Department for Education
79 speeches (16,141 words)
Tuesday 24th June 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: None documents: Second Report of the Education Committee, Scrutiny of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech
2: Daniel Francis (Lab - Bexleyheath and Crayford) representation that my council welcomes the “fix the market” pillar in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech
3: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) course, but in terms of reform, things are also going backwards with the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech

Young People: Sporting Activities
17 speeches (1,578 words)
Tuesday 24th June 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) does the Minister agree that the various cross-party amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
145 speeches (10,294 words)
Monday 23rd June 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Work and Pensions
Mentions:
1: Josh MacAlister (Lab - Whitehaven and Workington) build on and go further in the work that we are already doing with the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
131 speeches (41,202 words)
Monday 23rd June 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Lord Nash (Con - Life peer) The title of this Bill is the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and, in my view, nothing could enhance - Link to Speech

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
134 speeches (36,783 words)
Thursday 19th June 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) —[Official Report, Commons, Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee, 28/1/25; col. 234.]I therefore - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Thursday 24th July 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Home Secretary regarding Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 22.07.2025

Home Affairs Committee

Found: Through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, the Department for Education are legislating to introduce

Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Oral Evidence - Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), Square Peg, and School-Home Support

Education Committee

Found: One of the things that we are calling for in relation to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill,

Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Oral Evidence - Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted), Lincolnshire County Council, and Local Government Association (LGA)

Education Committee

Found: One of the things that we are calling for in relation to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill,

Thursday 17th July 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-07-17 10:05:00+01:00

Social Mobility Policy - Social Mobility Policy Committee

Found: As part of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee stage, we have been discussing the overemphasis

Wednesday 16th July 2025
Written Evidence - Women's Aid
MIS0064 - Misogyny: the manosphere and online content

Misogyny: the manosphere and online content - Women and Equalities Committee

Found: the Sex Education Forum, Brook and EVAW, which seeks to, through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Wednesday 16th July 2025
Oral Evidence - Department for Education, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Education, and Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Game On: Community and school sport - Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Found: We are bringing in new requirements on school uniforms as part of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Thursday 10th July 2025
Report - 4th Report - Children’s social care

Education Committee

Found: Out-of-area placements 21 Children’s social care placement delivery 24 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Tuesday 1st July 2025
Oral Evidence - Department for Education, and Department for Education

Solving the SEND Crisis - Education Committee

Found: The single unique identifier, which is in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, I think will be

Thursday 26th June 2025
Written Evidence - National Children's Bureau
FTD0080 - The First 1000 Days: a renewed focus

The First 1000 Days: a renewed focus - Health and Social Care Committee

Found: that this is currently being presented in parliament as a part of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Thursday 26th June 2025
Written Evidence - Local Government Association
FTD0112 - The First 1000 Days: a renewed focus

The First 1000 Days: a renewed focus - Health and Social Care Committee

Found: Single Unique Identifier and improve data-sharing, as outlined in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Thursday 26th June 2025
Written Evidence - Department for Health and Social Care
FTD0109 - The First 1000 Days: a renewed focus

The First 1000 Days: a renewed focus - Health and Social Care Committee

Found: programme is establishing the information sharing provisions in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Thursday 26th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Office for National Statistics, HMRC, ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK), and Brown University

Social Mobility Policy - Social Mobility Policy Committee

Found: Lord Hampton: Good news seems to be going into the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, does it not

Monday 23rd June 2025
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice, HMCTS, CAFCASS, Ministry of Justice, and Department for Education

Public Accounts Committee

Found: significantly improve the consistency of those services through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Monday 23rd June 2025
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice, HMCTS, CAFCASS, Ministry of Justice, and Department for Education

Public Accounts Committee

Found: significantly improve the consistency of those services through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Monday 23rd June 2025
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice, HMCTS, CAFCASS, Ministry of Justice, and Department for Education

Public Accounts Committee

Found: significantly improve the consistency of those services through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill



Written Answers
Schools: Uniforms
Asked by: Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat - Harpenden and Berkhamsted)
Friday 25th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with schools on the potential impact of branded school uniform policies on families; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools comply with the statutory guidance entitled Cost of school uniforms, published on 19 November 2021.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)

Whilst many schools are taking action to reduce costs, too many families tell us that the cost of school uniform remains a financial burden. The department’s research shows that the average cost of uniform is significantly lower when parents can buy items from somewhere other than a designated shop or school. This research is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-school-uniforms-survey-2023.

The government has introduced legislation through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to limit the number of compulsory branded items schools can require, to remove the cost of uniform as a barrier to pupils accessing school and activities in school.

We estimate that requiring fewer branded items from designated suppliers could save some parents over £50 per child during the back to school shop once the uniform limit comes into effect.

The department has statutory guidance on the ‘Cost of school uniforms’, and schools must have regard to it when designing and implementing their uniform policies. We expect all schools to now be compliant.

Children: Health and Safety
Asked by: Callum Anderson (Labour - Buckingham and Bletchley)
Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) Buckinghamshire Council and (b) Milton Keynes City Council on the use of data sharing improvements set out in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department has not held formal bilateral discussions with Buckinghamshire Council or Milton Keynes City Council specifically on the data sharing provisions in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. However, all local authorities as well as multi-agency practitioners, were invited to national webinars held in June and July this year which engaged over 400 practitioners. The department will continue to engage with the sector throughout the implementation of these measures to ensure local perspectives are reflected.

Children: Care Homes
Asked by: Callum Anderson (Labour - Buckingham and Bletchley)
Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to share safeguarding intelligence between local authorities and law enforcement in cases involving suspected exploitative children’s homes.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Although current legislation permits information sharing to safeguard and protect the wellbeing of children, practitioners have told the department that they often only feel confident sharing where there are serious child protection concerns.

As outlined in ‘Keeping children safe, helping families thrive’, the department is taking two important legislative steps to improve how services share information to support children and families more effectively.

Firstly, the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill introduces provision in law, paving the way for a consistent identifier to be specified and the organisations required to use it, at a later date, via regulations.

Secondly, the Bill also seeks to put an end to misconceptions about the legal barriers to sharing information, introducing a clear legal basis for sharing information for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Ofsted inspect children’s homes once a year and take immediate action where there are safeguarding concerns, working with local authorities to protect children. The department is strengthening Ofsted’s powers via the Bill, introducing provider oversight to complement the existing regulatory regime, enabling Ofsted to act at scale and pace by requiring provider groups to improve quality where Ofsted identify concerns, and take action for non-compliance. The relevant local authorities will be informed.

Mental Health Services: Young Carers
Asked by: Danny Chambers (Liberal Democrat - Winchester)
Monday 21st July 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the identification of young carers by adult mental health services.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Local authorities are required by law to take reasonable steps to identify young carers in their area that need support, and to undertake an assessment of need, where appropriate. To support local authorities in their child protection duties, the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which was introduced to Parliament in December 2024, contains provisions that will strengthen multi-agency working with children and families by introducing a new duty on safeguarding partners, including local authorities, police, and health services.

We recognise that, when someone is admitted to a mental health hospital or detained under the Mental Health Act, young carers are not always appropriately identified by adult mental health services. To improve this, as part of the reforms to the Mental Health Act, we plan to encourage individuals to make the presence of any young carers known in their Advance Choice Document. This document is intended to be a source of key information for mental health professionals if the individual experiences a mental health crisis.

Furthermore, provisions in the Mental Health Bill aim to ensure that people who care for a patient’s welfare, such as young carers, are proactively involved in the patient’s statutory care plan by the clinician. We will include guidance in the revised Mental Health Act Code of Practice to help ensure young carers are appropriately involved and supported.

NHS England is working to support the identification of young carers and has recently published guidance for general practitioners. NHS England is also utilising data to help support greater joined up work between health, education, and social care.

Schools
Asked by: Beccy Cooper (Labour - Worthing West)
Thursday 17th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered allowing local education authorities to open new maintained schools.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)

Through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, the government is removing the legal presumption that all new schools are opened as academies, allowing local authorities to welcome proposals for all types of school, and to put forward their own proposals where they choose to do so.

These changes will better align local authorities’ responsibility to secure sufficient school places with their ability to open new schools.

Care Leavers: Housing
Asked by: Will Forster (Liberal Democrat - Woking)
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support Surrey County Council to deliver more housing for care leavers to improve Education, Employment and Training opportunities.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The government is committed to improving support for care leavers. Through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, we are placing a new duty on local authorities to provide ‘Staying Close’ support to care leavers up to age 25 where their welfare requires it and requiring local authorities to publish their arrangements for supporting care leavers’ transition to adulthood. The Bill will also ensure care leavers cannot be found intentionally homeless and will introduce corporate parenting responsibilities for government departments and relevant public bodies so that they better take the needs of care leavers into account. We also fund local authorities to help care leavers stay with their foster families up to age 21, known as ‘Staying Put’.

Support is available for eligible care leavers to access bursaries to engage in education, employment and training, including £2,000 for university and £3,000 for apprenticeships.

Wider housing reforms will also benefit care leavers. On 2 July, we announced a ten-year plan to deliver the largest increase in social and affordable housing in a generation, alongside lasting improvements in safety and quality. Additionally, from 10 July, eligible care leavers under 25 will no longer need to meet a local connection or residency test to access social housing.

Education: Rural Areas
Asked by: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to rural proof the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The government is committed to ensuring that the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill delivers for all children, including those living in rural areas.

The Bill includes measures designed to be delivered flexibly by local authorities, regional bodies and schools, enabling them to respond to local contexts. For example, provisions in the Bill to reform the children’s social care placement market include Regional Care Cooperatives which will assist local authorities by analysing the future accommodation needs for looked-after children across the region. This will support improved planning across geographic areas. We are also legislating on a package of measures which will help ensure that decisions on school place planning and admissions support the needs of communities, including rural communities.

The department is keen to learn what will support providers in rural areas to implement measures in the Bill. That is why schools in rural areas are included in the early adopter scheme for breakfast clubs. Home educating families and out-of-school education providers in rural areas will also have the opportunity to engage when we consult on the implementation of the children not in school measures.

Education: Children in Care
Asked by: Baroness Benjamin (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the education and employment opportunities of children in care are not limited by missed education or lower grades that are the result of moving home or schools during Key Stage 4.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The department is committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive outcomes.

We recognise the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked-after child’s life, and particularly in respect of their education. Under the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance and regulations, the child’s social worker should do everything possible to minimise disruption to their education. School changes should be minimised, and any transitions well-planned and supported. Where a change to a child’s educational arrangements is unavoidable, their Personal Education Plan should set out arrangements to minimise disruption to education, especially during exams and other critical periods in their education.

The government is introducing measures, including through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to rebalance the placement market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, and bring greater visibility to the prices local authorities are paying. This includes a focus on addressing the barriers that prevent homes from being established where they are needed.

Through the government’s Plan for Change, we are also investing £2 billion over this Parliament to give more children a safe, loving home, including expanding the children’s home estate, delivering more foster care placements and helping keep families together by providing targeted support before problems escalate.

These measures will mean more placements are available for children who need them, so they do not have to move at critical periods where it is not in their interests. They will also ensure that, where it is in a child's best interests, they can be placed closer to home and school.

Secondary Education: Children in Care
Asked by: Baroness Benjamin (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of being moved far from their communities and support networks during their GCSE and A-Level years on children in care.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The department is committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive outcomes.

We recognise the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked-after child’s life, and particularly in respect of their education. Under the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance and regulations, the child’s social worker should do everything possible to minimise disruption to their education. School changes should be minimised, and any transitions well-planned and supported. Where a change to a child’s educational arrangements is unavoidable, their Personal Education Plan should set out arrangements to minimise disruption to education, especially during exams and other critical periods in their education.

The government is introducing measures, including through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to rebalance the placement market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, and bring greater visibility to the prices local authorities are paying. This includes a focus on addressing the barriers that prevent homes from being established where they are needed.

Through the government’s Plan for Change, we are also investing £2 billion over this Parliament to give more children a safe, loving home, including expanding the children’s home estate, delivering more foster care placements and helping keep families together by providing targeted support before problems escalate.

These measures will mean more placements are available for children who need them, so they do not have to move at critical periods where it is not in their interests. They will also ensure that, where it is in a child's best interests, they can be placed closer to home and school.

Secondary Education: Children in Care
Asked by: Baroness Benjamin (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the report by Become, Moved During Exams: The instability crisis affecting children in care, published in June 2025, that more than 5,000 children in care were moved more than 20 miles from their home or previous placement during their GCSE and A-Level years.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The department is committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive outcomes.

We recognise the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked-after child’s life, and particularly in respect of their education. Under the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance and regulations, the child’s social worker should do everything possible to minimise disruption to their education. School changes should be minimised, and any transitions well-planned and supported. Where a change to a child’s educational arrangements is unavoidable, their Personal Education Plan should set out arrangements to minimise disruption to education, especially during exams and other critical periods in their education.

The government is introducing measures, including through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to rebalance the placement market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, and bring greater visibility to the prices local authorities are paying. This includes a focus on addressing the barriers that prevent homes from being established where they are needed.

Through the government’s Plan for Change, we are also investing £2 billion over this Parliament to give more children a safe, loving home, including expanding the children’s home estate, delivering more foster care placements and helping keep families together by providing targeted support before problems escalate.

These measures will mean more placements are available for children who need them, so they do not have to move at critical periods where it is not in their interests. They will also ensure that, where it is in a child's best interests, they can be placed closer to home and school.

Secondary Education: Children in Care
Asked by: Baroness Benjamin (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the report by Become, Moved During Exams: The Instability Crisis Affecting Children in Care, published in June 2025, that more than 4,000 children in care moved home or had to leave care during their A-Level exam period.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The department is committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive outcomes.

We recognise the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked-after child’s life, and particularly in respect of their education. Under the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance and regulations, the child’s social worker should do everything possible to minimise disruption to their education. School changes should be minimised, and any transitions well-planned and supported. Where a change to a child’s educational arrangements is unavoidable, their Personal Education Plan should set out arrangements to minimise disruption to education, especially during exams and other critical periods in their education.

The government is introducing measures, including through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to rebalance the placement market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, and bring greater visibility to the prices local authorities are paying. This includes a focus on addressing the barriers that prevent homes from being established where they are needed.

Through the government’s Plan for Change, we are also investing £2 billion over this Parliament to give more children a safe, loving home, including expanding the children’s home estate, delivering more foster care placements and helping keep families together by providing targeted support before problems escalate.

These measures will mean more placements are available for children who need them, so they do not have to move at critical periods where it is not in their interests. They will also ensure that, where it is in a child's best interests, they can be placed closer to home and school.

Secondary Education: Children in Care
Asked by: Baroness Benjamin (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 16th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of leaving care in the lead-up to or during the A-Level exam period on care-experienced young people's educational attainment.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The department is committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive outcomes.

We recognise the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked-after child’s life, and particularly in respect of their education. Under the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance and regulations, the child’s social worker should do everything possible to minimise disruption to their education. School changes should be minimised, and any transitions well-planned and supported. Where a change to a child’s educational arrangements is unavoidable, their Personal Education Plan should set out arrangements to minimise disruption to education, especially during exams and other critical periods in their education.

The government is introducing measures, including through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to rebalance the placement market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, and bring greater visibility to the prices local authorities are paying. This includes a focus on addressing the barriers that prevent homes from being established where they are needed.

Through the government’s Plan for Change, we are also investing £2 billion over this Parliament to give more children a safe, loving home, including expanding the children’s home estate, delivering more foster care placements and helping keep families together by providing targeted support before problems escalate.

These measures will mean more placements are available for children who need them, so they do not have to move at critical periods where it is not in their interests. They will also ensure that, where it is in a child's best interests, they can be placed closer to home and school.

Languages: Education
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Tuesday 15th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage more students to study languages in schools.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)

The study of languages is compulsory under the national curriculum at key stages 2 and 3 for all maintained schools, and will become compulsory in academies, subject to the passage of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

The most important factor in encouraging students to continue studying languages beyond key stage 3 is the quality of teaching. The government continues to fund the National Consortium for Languages Education, which is developing a new model of language support for schools and online continuing professional development for teachers that will support high quality language teaching. This programme is designed to have national reach, ensuring that all schools can benefit regardless of their location.

To further support languages education, the department is offering a £26,000 tax-free bursary for trainee language teachers starting courses in 2025, or alternatively, a £28,000 tax-free scholarship for those training to teach French, German, or Spanish. Additionally, Oak National Academy is developing modern foreign languages lesson resources for key stages 2 to 4, to be fully released by autumn 2025, helping teachers deliver high quality lessons and reduce planning time.

Children: Protection
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Tuesday 15th July 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the NHS to contribute to the provisions for Multi Agency Child Protection Teams in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, introduced in Parliament on 17 December, will protect children at risk of abuse, by stopping vulnerable children from falling through the cracks in services. The bill will place a duty on local safeguarding partners to establish multi-agency child protection teams (MACPTs), aimed at strengthening the multi-agency child protection response to all types of harm. These teams will have a minimum membership, nominated by safeguarding partners, of a social worker, a police officer, a registered health practitioner, and a person with experience of education.

MACPTs have been embedded in 10 local areas through the Families First for Children Pathfinders programme. Based on the learning from these pathfinders, the teams are being rolled out nationally through the Families First Partnership (FFP) programme, launched in April 2025. The FFP programme guide enables flexibility in the composition of MACPTs, which are designed according to local need.

NHS England is supporting and learning from the nine integrated care boards (ICBs) currently working with the Families First for Children Pathfinders programme, which includes MACPTs. The national safeguarding leads are collaborating with the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care to profile how ICBs might implement MACPTs alongside local statutory partners, using Section 75 collaborative funding arrangements in order to optimise the Spending Review budget for the national rollout of the Families First Partnership programme and MACPTs.

Kinship Care: Young People
Asked by: Cat Eccles (Labour - Stourbridge)
Monday 14th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the post- (a) 16 and (b) 18 support for young people raised in kinship.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

This government is committed to ensuring more children are supported in a strong kinship care arrangement, avoiding care where possible, because we know that this leads to better outcomes.

We are legislating through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to require local authorities to publish a local offer for children and families in kinship arrangements and requiring local authorities to offer family group decision making to families with children on the edge of care. These measures will ensure more children are supported within their family networks, and with kinship carers instead of entering care.

Some children in kinship care, such as those placed with kinship foster carers, are entitled to leaving care support if they have been in care for a minimum of 13 weeks, some of which was after they reached age 16, when they cease to be looked after. This includes support from a Personal Adviser up to the age of 25, and support to engage in education, employment or training, including a £2,000 bursary if they attend higher education.

This support will also include providing continuity of support and relationships when care leavers reach age 18 through the ‘Staying Put’ programme and investing in family-finding, mentoring and befriending programmes.

Human Rights: Education
Asked by: Lord Touhig (Labour - Life peer)
Thursday 10th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 30 May (HL7545), whether they will meet pupils of Meath School in Ottershaw in respect of UNICEF UK's "Rights Respecting Schools Award"; and whether they plan to provide funding for the scheme in England.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The government is committed to upholding the principles of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and safeguarding the rights of children, as we continue to do through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

We know that some schools choose to follow the UNICEF scheme ‘Rights Respecting Schools Award’, which puts children’s rights at the heart of school policy and practice, and we welcome that commitment to promoting the rights of children. However, there are no plans to provide funding for the ‘Rights Respecting Schools Award’ scheme in England.

All schools in England have specific duties to promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development of their pupils and prepare them for the opportunities and responsibilities of adult life.

Schools in England are required to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs. Citizenship education is an effective way of doing this, and we expect teachers to reinforce these values as well as to support pupils’ SMSC development.

Ministers welcome the opportunity to meet children and would be grateful for requests to be sent to the office of my hon. Friend, the Minister for School Standards.

Children: Care Homes
Asked by: Lee Anderson (Reform UK - Ashfield)
Thursday 10th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory prison sentences for people operating unregulated care homes for children.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

This government is clear that all providers of children’s social care accommodation such as children’s homes should register with Ofsted as per the Care Standards Act (CSA) 2000.

Ofsted has existing powers to prosecute persons carrying on a children’s home or supported accommodation (formally an unregulated placement) without registering.

Where a person is found guilty of running an unregistered children’s home or supported accommodation, the court can issue an unlimited fine, and for a second or subsequent conviction for the same offence, or where the person’s registration has been suspended and they continue to carry on the provision, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and/or an unlimited fine.

The government is further strengthening Ofsted’s powers, via the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to enable them to issue monetary penalties for breaches of the CSA, including an unlimited fine for operating a children’s home without being registered. This will allow Ofsted to take action at pace and act as a significant deterrent.

Taken together, the set of powers that will be in place after the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is passed will allow Ofsted and the courts to take the appropriate enforcement action according to each circumstance.

Multi-academy Trusts
Asked by: Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat - Newbury)
Thursday 10th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that multi-academy trusts maintain education standards.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)

Multi-academy trusts play an important role in our schools system, both supporting school improvement and driving forward high-quality education for our children.

Working with schools we will drive excellent teaching and leadership, a high-quality curriculum, robust accountability and faster school improvement, and an inclusive system which removes barriers to learning to ensure every child can achieve and thrive in education. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will help deliver this by providing a core guarantee of quality education in every school, no matter where children live or what school they attend. To ensure all parts of our system are focused on delivering these excellent outcomes, the government will in future bring multi-academy trusts into our inspection system.

Children in Care
Asked by: Baroness Redfern (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 9th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a single unique identifier for children in care.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The single unique identifier for children which the government promised in its manifesto is intended to apply to all children, including those in care, and is part of the solution to improve data sharing to stop children falling through the cracks. The legislation to enable its designation and use is currently before Parliament as part of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Sixth Form Education: Academies
Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)
Wednesday 9th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether a sixth form college that has moved to academy status will be covered by the provisions in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

The Children’s Wellbeing and School Bill will provide a core guarantee of quality education in every school. It will create a floor but no ceiling, enabling healthy competition and innovation beyond a core framework to bring all schools to the level of the very best.

16 to 19 academies are principally concerned with the education of young people above compulsory school age and below the age of 19. They are defined separately to academy schools under the Academies Act 2010 and operate within a policy, financial and operational framework that reflects the type of education that they provide. In keeping with the existing regulatory approach, 16 to 19 academies, including those that were previously sixth-Form colleges, remain out of scope of most of the measures in the Bill that will apply to schools, including academy schools. Under clause 36 of the Bill, 16 to 19 academies remain outside of the scope of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the Education and Skills Act 2008, which is the main regulatory framework for independent schools, including academy schools.

Clause 49, which introduces a power to secure the performance of an academy proprietor’s duties, will apply to 16 to 19 academies, as well as academy schools. Robust accountability mechanisms play a critical role in the school system by setting clear requirements and expectations, encouraging behaviours that put children first, help them to achieve and thrive, and keep them safe.

This measure will allow my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education to direct any academy trust to comply with their legal duties and address unreasonable actions in a way that is more proportionate than the current intervention regime provided through academy funding agreements.

Children in Care: Assessments
Asked by: Lord Laming (Crossbench - Life peer)
Tuesday 8th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to address the fact that 34 per cent of children in care moved home at least once during their GCSE or A level years, as estimated by the charity Become in their recent report Moving during exams: the instability crisis affecting children in care.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)

We are committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive outcomes. We recognise the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked-after child’s life. Under the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance and regulations, the child’s social worker should do everything possible to minimise disruption to their education. School changes should be minimised, and any transitions well-planned and supported. Where a change to a child’s educational arrangements is unavoidable, their personal education plan should set out arrangements to minimise disruption to education, especially during exam periods and other critical periods in their education.

The government is introducing measures, including through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to rebalance the market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, and bring greater visibility to the prices local authorities are paying. This includes a focus on addressing the barriers that prevent homes from being established where they are needed.

Through our Plan for Change, we are also investing £2 billion over this Parliament to give more children a safe, loving home, including expanding the children’s home estate, delivering more foster care placements and helping keep families together by providing targeted support before problems escalate.

These measures will provide greater placement availability, stability and ensure that, where it is in a child's best interests, they are placed closer to home.

Home Education: Standards
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Monday 7th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve educational outcomes for young people educated at home.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

All children deserve an education that allows them to achieve and thrive, whether they are educated at school or otherwise.

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill includes a package of measures to support children not in school, including those who are home educated. Mandatory Children Not in School registers in every local authority in England and Wales, will help improve outcomes for home educated children by supporting local authorities to identify all children not in school in their areas. Measures to make the School Attendance Order process more efficient will minimise the length of time that any child may spend receiving an unsuitable education, thus improving outcomes for children where home education is not working.

The Bill also introduces the first ever duty on local authorities to provide support for home educating families on their registers, upon request ensuring those families have access to reliable advice and information on their child’s education.

Secondary Education: Children in Care
Asked by: Ellie Chowns (Green Party - North Herefordshire)
Friday 4th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press notice by Become entitled New research shows shockingly high numbers of children in care being moved during GCSEs and A-levels, published on 24 June 2025, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of that charity's findings that 17% of children in care moved school during Key Stage 4.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department is committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive outcomes. We recognise the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked-after child’s life. Under the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance and regulations, a child’s social worker should do everything possible to minimise disruption to their education. School changes should be minimised and any transitions well-planned and supported. Where a change to a child’s educational arrangements is unavoidable, their Personal Education Plan should set out arrangements to minimise disruption to education, especially during exam periods and other critical periods in their education.

The government is introducing measures, including through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to rebalance the market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, and bring greater visibility to the prices local authorities are paying. This includes a focus on addressing the barriers that prevent homes from being established where they are needed.

Through our Plan for Change, we’re also investing £2 billion over this Parliament to give more children a safe, loving home, including expanding the children’s home estate, delivering more foster care placements and helping keep families together by providing targeted support before problems escalate.

These measures will provide greater placement availability, stability and ensure that, where it is in a child's best interests, they are placed closer to home.

Secondary Education: Children in Care
Asked by: Ellie Chowns (Green Party - North Herefordshire)
Friday 4th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of moving home (a) in the lead up to and (b) during GCSE exams on care-experienced young people’s (i) educational attainment and (ii) future opportunities.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department is committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive outcomes. We recognise the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked-after child’s life. Under the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance and regulations, a child’s social worker should do everything possible to minimise disruption to their education. School changes should be minimised and any transitions well-planned and supported. Where a change to a child’s educational arrangements is unavoidable, their Personal Education Plan should set out arrangements to minimise disruption to education, especially during exam periods and other critical periods in their education.

The government is introducing measures, including through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to rebalance the market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, and bring greater visibility to the prices local authorities are paying. This includes a focus on addressing the barriers that prevent homes from being established where they are needed.

Through our Plan for Change, we’re also investing £2 billion over this Parliament to give more children a safe, loving home, including expanding the children’s home estate, delivering more foster care placements and helping keep families together by providing targeted support before problems escalate.

These measures will provide greater placement availability, stability and ensure that, where it is in a child's best interests, they are placed closer to home.

Secondary Education: Children in Care
Asked by: Ellie Chowns (Green Party - North Herefordshire)
Friday 4th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release by Become entitled New research shows shockingly high numbers of children in care being moved during GCSEs and A-levels, published on 24 June 2025, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of children in care who moved school during their GCSE period.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department is committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive outcomes. We recognise the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked-after child’s life. Under the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance and regulations, a child’s social worker should do everything possible to minimise disruption to their education. School changes should be minimised and any transitions well-planned and supported. Where a change to a child’s educational arrangements is unavoidable, their Personal Education Plan should set out arrangements to minimise disruption to education, especially during exam periods and other critical periods in their education.

The government is introducing measures, including through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to rebalance the market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, and bring greater visibility to the prices local authorities are paying. This includes a focus on addressing the barriers that prevent homes from being established where they are needed.

Through our Plan for Change, we’re also investing £2 billion over this Parliament to give more children a safe, loving home, including expanding the children’s home estate, delivering more foster care placements and helping keep families together by providing targeted support before problems escalate.

These measures will provide greater placement availability, stability and ensure that, where it is in a child's best interests, they are placed closer to home.

Education: Children in Care
Asked by: Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat - Torbay)
Thursday 3rd July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the educational instability that children in care face.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department is committed to ensuring that looked-after children are supported to succeed in education and achieve positive outcomes. We recognise the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked-after child’s life.

Under the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review guidance and regulations, the child’s social worker should do everything possible to minimise disruption to their education. School changes should be minimised, and any transitions well-planned and supported. Where a change to a child’s educational arrangements is unavoidable, their personal education plan should set out arrangements to minimise disruption to education, especially during exam periods and other critical periods in their education.

The government is introducing measures, including through the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, to rebalance the market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements. The department is also investing £2 billion over this parliament to give more children a safe, loving home, including expanding the children’s home estate, delivering more foster care placements and helping keep families together by providing targeted support before problems escalate.

These measures will provide greater placement availability, stability and ensure that, where it is in a child's best interests, they are placed closer to home.

Home Education
Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Monday 30th June 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide training on home education for parents of school-age children.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department does not have plans to provide training for parents on home education.

We have published guidance for home-educating parents to help them understand their rights and responsibilities.

The department is also introducing a new duty on local authorities to provide support to home-educating families through the Children Not in School measures within the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. This will ensure that there is a baseline level of support across all local authorities so that parents have access to a reliable level of support, irrespective of where they live, and we will be providing additional training to local authorities to help them to fulfil these duties.

Parents who choose to home educate have the flexibility to employ a variety of approaches and need not follow structures such as the national curriculum, stick to a traditional school day, nor include the study of specific subjects, provided the education is efficient, full-time and suitable to the age, ability and aptitude of the child and any special educational needs they may have. Issuing training would therefore not be appropriate, as we do not wish to impose restrictions on parents by instructing them on how they should home educate their children.

Children: Protection
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Wednesday 25th June 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many referrals made by police to Local Authority Designated Officers for concerns about people (a) working and (b) volunteering with children resulted in direct action being taken by the (i) local authority, (ii) employer and (iii) voluntary organisation in each of the last three years.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department does not hold this information. Information about referrals to Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO) is held at a local level by individual police forces and the local authorities.

The outcomes of LADO investigations are also held at local level and contained in the respective LADO annual reports. The department does not collate LADO annual reports and so does not have data on the action being taken by local authorities, employers and voluntary organisations within the last three years.

Keeping children safe could not be more important to this government and we are swiftly acting to reform the child protection and safeguarding system.

That is why the department is legislating through our Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to stop children falling through the cracks and to ensure they are not out of sight of those who can keep them safe.

The department has also introduced a new mandatory reporting duty in the Crime and Policing Bill for individuals undertaking key roles with responsibility for children in England to report sexual abuse.

Pupils: Protection
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Wednesday 25th June 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken with relevant authorities to improve safeguarding policies in state primary schools.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Schools and colleges have a critical role to play in protecting children and keeping them safe. We published statutory safeguarding guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education’ (KCSIE) which all schools and colleges must have regard to when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

Education’s involvement is fundamental at all levels of safeguarding arrangements. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will introduce a measure to place a duty on safeguarding partners to automatically include and strengthen the role of education and childcare settings in multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.

This legislation ensures the full representation of education and childcare in operational safeguarding boards and systems, as well as at the strategic decision-making levels of safeguarding arrangements. It will also mean that all education and childcare settings must work together with safeguarding partners and ensure those arrangements are fully understood and applied in their organisations.

Pupils: Protection
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Wednesday 25th June 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken with relevant authorities to improve safeguarding policies in state secondary schools.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Schools and colleges have a critical role to play in protecting children and keeping them safe. We published statutory safeguarding guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education’ (KCSIE) which all schools and colleges must have regard to when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

Education’s involvement is fundamental at all levels of safeguarding arrangements. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will introduce a measure to place a duty on safeguarding partners to automatically include and strengthen the role of education and childcare settings in multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.

This legislation ensures the full representation of education and childcare in operational safeguarding boards and systems, as well as at the strategic decision-making levels of safeguarding arrangements. It will also mean that all education and childcare settings must work together with safeguarding partners and ensure those arrangements are fully understood and applied in their organisations.

Special Guardianship Orders: Kinship Care
Asked by: Luke Murphy (Labour - Basingstoke)
Wednesday 25th June 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) implications for her policies of the (i) financial and (ii) housing pressures experienced by kinship carers and (b) impact of those pressures on the sustainability of Special Guardianship placements.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The government recognises the significant financial, and wider, pressures faced by kinship carers and their impact on the sustainability of special guardianship placements.

That is why the government announced £40 million investment in a Kinship Allowance Pilot, which will test the impact of providing an allowance to kinship carers. The Expression of Interest for this pilot launched on 17 June 2025 and more information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-to-become-a-kinship-allowance-pilot-provider. The programme is expected to begin in autumn 2025 and will support approximately 5,000 kinship children.

Through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, we are enshrining the first definition of kinship care in law and mandating local authorities to publish their kinship local offer, increasing their accountability for ensuring all kinship families are getting the information they need about the support available to them.

The department also funds the charity ‘Kinship’ to provide over 140 peer support groups and a free training package for kinship carers across England.

Home Education: Registration
Asked by: Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat - Cheltenham)
Monday 23rd June 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of a children not in school register in preventing abuse of home schooled children.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Home education is not an inherent safeguarding risk. However, some children who have been withdrawn from school under the guise of home education have been seriously harmed or died due to abuse or neglect, and action is needed.

Compulsory ‘children not in school’ registers, and accompanying duties on parents and out-of-school education providers, will be crucial tools that local authorities can use to identify children not in school in their areas who are not receiving a suitable education, or who need to be protected from harm.

However, registers are only part of the solution. That is why the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill contains other measures aimed at ensuring all children are safe. For example, parents of children who are subject to child protection enquiries or plans, or whose children attend a special school, will be required to get local authority consent before they can educate their children at home. Where these children are already being home educated, we are strengthening the school attendance order process so the local authority can require them to attend school. The Bill also includes measures to strengthen multi-agency working and information sharing, which will benefit all children.



Parliamentary Research
Explaining the Fair Funding Review 2.0 - CBP-10303
Jul. 11 2025

Found: multipliers can be found in the Library research briefing Non- Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill



Bills
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Training in Schools) Bill 2024-26
Presented by Nesil Caliskan (Labour - Barking)
Private Members' Bill - Ten Minute Bill

A Bill to make provision about the evaluation of training about Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Initial Teacher Education; to require training about Special Education Needs and Disabilities for certain persons working in schools as part of their continuing professional development; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%



Bill Documents
Jul. 24 2025
HL Bill 84-VIII(h) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Eighth Marshalled List)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary

Jul. 21 2025
HL Bill 84-VIII(g) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Eighth Marshalled List)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill AMENDMENT TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary

Jul. 18 2025
HL Bill 84-VIII(f) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Eighth Marshalled List)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary

Jul. 17 2025
HL Bill 84-VIII(e) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Eighth Marshalled List)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary

Jul. 14 2025
Letter from Baroness Smith to Baroness Barran regarding Clause 30: extending consent measures to children who have ever been on a child protection plan, as discussed during the Committee stage (eight day).
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Will write letters

Found: would like to thank you for the thoughtful debate on Clause 30 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Jul. 10 2025
HL Bill 84-VIII(d) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Eighth Marshalled List)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary

Jul. 09 2025
HL Bill 84-VIII(c) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Eighth Marshalled List)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary

Jul. 09 2025
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-25: Progress of the bill
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
Briefing papers

Found: had previously tabled a similar new clause at committee stage of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Jul. 04 2025
HL Bill 84-VIII(b) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Eighth Marshalled List)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary

Jul. 02 2025
HL Bill 84-VIII(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Eighth Marshalled List)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill AMENDMENT TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary

Jul. 01 2025
HL Bill 84-VIII Eighth marshalled list for Committee
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill EIGHTH MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE

Jun. 26 2025
Letter from Baroness Smith to Lord Harris regarding Children Not in School measures.
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Will write letters

Found: That is why the Children Not in School measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill include

Jun. 26 2025
Legislative Consent Motion agreed to by the Scottish Parliament on 26 June 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Legislative Consent Motions-devolved legislatures

Found: London SW1A 0AA 26 June 2025 Dear Tom, Legislative Consent Motion: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Jun. 26 2025
Legislative consent motion agreed by the Scottish Parliament
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Legislative Consent Motions-devolved legislatures

Found: London SW1A 0AA 26 June 2025 Dear Tom, Legislative Consent Motion: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Jun. 25 2025
Letter from Baroness Smith to Baroness Barran regarding Clause 14 and 15: financial oversight scheme, and power to impose a cap on the profits of non-local authority Ofsted registered providers of children's homes and independent fostering agencies.
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Will write letters

Found: to thank you for the interesting debate on Clauses 14 and 15 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Jun. 25 2025
Letter from Baroness Smith to Baroness Berridge regarding Clause 11: information on the small number of children who are on a deprivation of liberty order were not looked after at the time of the application, and who would not be able to be deprived of their liberty under section 25 of the Children Act 1989.
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Will write letters

Found: following my commitment, during the Clause 11 debate on Day 5 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Jun. 25 2025
HL Bill 84-VII(b) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Seventh Marshalled List)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill AMENDMENT TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary

Jun. 23 2025
Letter from Baroness Smith to Baroness Barran regarding the capital funding proposed for foster care home renovation and extension.
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Will write letters

Found: question you raised in our exchange on Thursday 12 June 2025 during the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Jun. 20 2025
HL Bill 84-VII Seventh marshalled list for Committee
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill SEVENTH MARSHALLED LIST OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE

Jun. 20 2025
HL Bill 84-VII(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Seventh Marshalled List)
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26
Amendment Paper

Found: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE [Supplementary



Department Publications - News and Communications
Tuesday 22nd July 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: School Teachers’ Review Body remit letter for 2026 and 2027
Document: (PDF)

Found: You will be aware that I am introducing measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill which

Thursday 10th July 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: New action to tackle illegal and exploitative children’s homes
Document: New action to tackle illegal and exploitative children’s homes (webpage)

Found: Today’s announcement builds on measures already announced in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill



Department Publications - Transparency
Thursday 17th July 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: Department for Education consolidated annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025
Document: (PDF)

Found: children’s social care reform – including through key measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Thursday 17th July 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: Department for Education consolidated annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025
Document: (PDF)

Found: children’s social care reform – including through key measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Thursday 26th June 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: DfE: senior officials' business expenses, hospitality, and meetings, January to March 2025
Document: View online (webpage)

Found: Group to discuss current topics voice of the learner best start in life Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill



Department Publications - Statistics
Wednesday 16th July 2025
Home Office
Source Page: Lessons for Prevent
Document: (PDF)

Found: (c) The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (which gives DfE an increased role in overseeing standards

Thursday 26th June 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: Family Routes study: making decisions about their children’s care
Document: (PDF)

Found: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Policy Summary Notes. March 2025.



Department Publications - Policy paper
Monday 7th July 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: Giving every child the best start in life
Document: (PDF)

Found: The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill will support professionals working with a child to share information



Department Publications - Policy and Engagement
Thursday 3rd July 2025
Department of Health and Social Care
Source Page: 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future
Document: (PDF)

Found: child protection teams that we will legislate to create through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
Jul. 22 2025
School Teachers' Review Body
Source Page: School Teachers’ Review Body remit letter for 2026 and 2027
Document: (PDF)
News and Communications

Found: You will be aware that I am introducing measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill which



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Jul. 21 2025
Ofsted
Source Page: Ofsted corporate annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill currently proposes additional powers to allow us to fine providers

Jul. 11 2025
Teaching Regulation Agency
Source Page: Teaching Regulation Agency annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: planning for the teacher misconduct measures proposed as part of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Jul. 10 2025
Government Legal Department
Source Page: Government Legal Department Annual Report and Accounts 2024–25
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: • The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, and the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

Jul. 10 2025
Competition and Markets Authority
Source Page: CMA Annual Report and Accounts 2024 to 2025
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: enable and bring effect to many of our recommendations through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill



Non-Departmental Publications - Policy paper
Jul. 03 2025
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
Source Page: 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future
Document: (PDF)
Policy paper

Found: child protection teams that we will legislate to create through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill



Deposited Papers
Friday 18th July 2025

Source Page: Lessons for Prevent [David Anderson (Lord Anderson of Ipswich) Interim Independent Prevent Commissioner]. Incl. annexes. 169p.
Document: LESSONS_FOR_PREVENT.pdf (PDF)

Found: (c) The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (which gives DfE an increased role in overseeing standards

Wednesday 16th July 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: Letter dated 14/07/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Baroness Barran regarding Clause 30 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and extending consent measures to children who have ever been on a child protection plan, as discussed during the Committee stage (eight day). 2p.
Document: Letter_to_Baroness_Barran_Child_Protection_Plans.pdf (PDF)

Found: Baroness Smith of Malvern to Baroness Barran regarding Clause 30 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Friday 11th July 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: Letter dated 09/07/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Young of Cookham regarding delays in needs assessments for young carers, as discussed during the Committee Stage (eighth day) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. 2p.
Document: Letter_from_Minister_Smith_to_Lord_Young_-_young_carers_assessments.pdf (PDF)

Found: young carers, as discussed during the Committee Stage (eighth day) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Wednesday 9th July 2025

Source Page: Fit for the future: The 10 year health plan for England. CP 1350. 168p.
Document: Fit-for-the-Future-10-Year-Health-Plan-for-England.pdf (PDF)

Found: child protection teams that we will legislate to create through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Thursday 3rd July 2025

Source Page: Letter dated 30/06/2025 from Baroness Blake of Leeds to Baroness Barran regarding the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (seventh day): arrangements for oversight where alternatively qualified practitioners undertaking the role of the Family Help Lead Practitioner prepare reports for court in family proceedings. 2p.
Document: Baroness_Blake_to_Baroness_Barran-CWSB.pdf (PDF)

Found: 06/2025 from Baroness Blake of Leeds to Baroness Barran regarding the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Tuesday 1st July 2025

Source Page: Letter dated 24/06/2025 from Baroness Blake of Leeds to Baroness Barran regarding questions raised during the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill committee stage (fifth day): provider oversight powers (clause 12 and 13), Ofsted's power to cancel registration, and grounds for cancellation, reasonable suspicion definition, individual with "significant role", the parent undertaking and improvement plans, financial investment in children's residential care, fines, criminal and civil sanctions, responsibility of local authorities to provide registered places. 8p.
Document: Letter_from_Baroness_Blake_to_Baroness_Barran.pdf (PDF)

Found: Blake of Leeds to Baroness Barran regarding questions raised during the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Tuesday 1st July 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: Letter dated 25/06/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Baroness Barran regarding the Children's Wellbeing and Schools bill committee stage (fifth day): Clause 14 and 15: financial oversight scheme, and power to impose a cap on the profits of non-local authority Ofsted registered providers of children's homes and independent fostering agencies. 4p.
Document: Minister_Smith_to_Baroness_Barran-CWSB_Committee.pdf (PDF)

Found: /2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Baroness Barran regarding the Children's Wellbeing and Schools bill

Tuesday 1st July 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: Letter dated 26/06/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Harris of Haringey regarding the Children's Wellbeing and School's Bill: Children Not in School measures. 3p.
Document: Minister_Smith_to_Lord_Harris_of_Haringey-CWSB.pdf (PDF)

Found: That is why the Children Not in School measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill include

Tuesday 1st July 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: Letter dated 25/06/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Baroness Berridge regarding the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill committee stage (fifth day): Clause 11: information on the small number of children who are on a deprivation of liberty order were not looked after at the time of the application, and who would not be able to be deprived of their liberty under section 25 of the Children Act 1989. 2p.
Document: Minister_Smith_to_Baroness_Berridge-CWSB_Committee.pdf (PDF)

Found: 2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Baroness Berridge regarding the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Friday 27th June 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: Letter dated 23/06/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Baroness Barran regarding the capital funding proposed for foster care home renovation and extension, as discussed during the Committee Stage (fourth day) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. 2p.
Document: Minister_Smith_to_Baroness_Barran-CWSB_Committte_Day_4.pdf (PDF)

Found: extension, as discussed during the Committee Stage (fourth day) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Friday 27th June 2025

Source Page: Letter dated 23/06/2025 from Baroness Blake of Leeds to Baroness Bennett regarding the number of 17-year-olds turning 18 being in unregulated or independent accommodation and the support available to them, as discussed during the Committee Stage (fourth day) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. 2p.
Document: Letter_from_Baroness_Blake_to_Baroness_Bennett.pdf (PDF)

Found: to them, as discussed during the Committee Stage (fourth day) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Friday 20th June 2025
Department for Education
Source Page: Letter dated 16/06/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Baroness Bennett regarding whether the defence of physical chastisement has been removed from part-time educational settings, children’s health settings and supported accommodation for looked after children aged 16 and 17 , as discussed during the Committee stage (third day) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill. 2p.
Document: physical_chastisement_CWSB_Committee_Day_3.pdf (PDF)

Found: 16 and 17 , as discussed during the Committee stage (third day) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Friday 20th June 2025

Source Page: Letter dated 12/06/2025 from Baroness Blake of Leeds to Baroness Barran regarding issues raised during the Committee stage (third day) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: the approval and assessment of kinship carers, entitlements to support, the purpose of a family group decision making (FGDM). 3p.
Document: Letter_from_Baroness_Blake_to_Baroness_Barran.pdf (PDF)

Found: regarding issues raised during the Committee stage (third day) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill




Schools Bill 2017-19 mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Government Publications
Thursday 26th June 2025
Children and Families Directorate
Source Page: Scottish government response to "reimagining secure care" report
Document: Scottish government response to “reimagining secure care” report (PDF)

Found: The UK Government Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill includes provisions which propose the development

Wednesday 16th April 2025
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Source Page: Carbon Capture Fund as part of the Scottish Government’s Emerging Energy Technologies Fund: EIR release
Document: EIR 202500448782 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: Charities Bill [HL], Charities Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee, Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Decision Time
23 speeches (26,973 words)
Thursday 26th June 2025 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) the name of Natalie Don-Innes, on a legislative consent motion on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech
2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) the name of Natalie Don-Innes, on a legislative consent motion on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
15 speeches (24,123 words)
Thursday 26th June 2025 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) in the name of Natalie Don-Innes, a legislative consent motion on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech
2: Dey, Graeme (SNP - Angus South) Scottish Government about extending to Scotland the provisions in its Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech
3: Dey, Graeme (SNP - Angus South) justice.I move,That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech
4: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) underpins the bill to which the legislative consent memorandum relates—the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Link to Speech




Schools Bill 2017-19 mentioned in Welsh results


Welsh Committee Publications
Monday 16th June 2025
PDF - Letter from the Children's Commissioner for Wales - 16 June 2025

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: Chair Thank you for your letter inviting my views in relation to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Thursday 12th June 2025
PDF - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education -12 June 2025

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: the Children, Young People and Education Committee, in relation to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Wednesday 11th June 2025
PDF - Information from Home Ed Cymru - 11 June 2025

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: amendments had been laid in the House of Commons enabling key clauses of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Friday 30th May 2025
PDF - Information from Individual - 30 May 2025

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: Committee members, I am writing to express my strong opposition to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Wednesday 7th May 2025
PDF - Letter to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee - 7 May 2025

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: Addysg — Children, Young People and Education Committee 07 May 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Wednesday 7th May 2025
PDF - Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Education from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee - 7 May 2025

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: Addysg — Children, Young People and Education Committee 07 May 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Thursday 1st May 2025
PDF - Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales - 1 May 2025

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: am writing in support of the Legislative Consent Motion regarding the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Tuesday 25th March 2025
PDF - Email correspondence to the Children, Young People and Education Committee from Education Otherwise - 25 March 2025

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: We are deeply concerned to note the acceptance of the Parliamentary Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


PDF - Legislative Consent Memorandum

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Schools Bill


Found: 1 LEGISLATIVE CONSENT MEMORANDUM Schools Bill 1.


PDF - 17 November 2022

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Schools Bill


Found: and Constitution Committee to consider and report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Schools Bill


PDF - confirmed

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Schools Bill


Found: senedd.wales 16 December 2022 Dear Llywydd, Jayne and Huw, Further to the LCM on the Schools Bill


PDF - report

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Schools Bill


Found: The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Schools Bill 1 .


PDF - report

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Schools Bill


Found: The Schools Bill: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum 1 Executive summary


PDF - agreed

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Schools Bill


Found: and Constitution Committee to consider and report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Schools Bill


PDF - report for 2021/22

Inquiry: Annual Report 2021/22


Found: Procurement Bill;  Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill;  UK Infrastructure Bank Bill;  Schools Bill


PDF - 24 March 2025

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: 1 LEGISLATIVE CONSENT MEMORANDUM Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 1.


PDF - 16 May 2025

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: to consider and report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


PDF - 29 April 2025

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: to consider and report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


PDF - Supplementary LCM

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: SUPPLEMENTARY LEGISLATIVE CONSENT MEMORANDUM (MEMORANDUM NO 2) CHILDREN’S WELLBEING AND SCHOOLS BILL


PDF - agreed

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (No.2) on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


PDF - Supplementary LCM

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: 1 SUPPLEMENTARY LEGISLATIVE CONSENT MEMORANDUM (MEMORANDUM NO 3) CHILDREN’S WELLBEING AND SCHOOLS BILL


PDF - agreed

Inquiry: Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


Found: report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (No.3) on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill


PDF - report

Inquiry: The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Employment Rights Bill


Found: It appears that the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill contains similar provision33; provision which



Welsh Government Publications
Tuesday 15th April 2025

Source Page: Children missing education database: data protection impact assessment (DPIA)
Document: Children missing education database: data protection impact assessment (DPIA) (PDF)

Found: This is being brought about through proposals in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, introduced

Monday 10th March 2025

Source Page: Written Statement: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (10 March 2025)
Document: Written Statement: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (10 March 2025) (webpage)

Found: Written Statement: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (10 March 2025)



Welsh Written Answers
WQ96011
Asked by: Natasha Asghar (Welsh Conservative Party - South Wales East)

Question

Will the Cabinet Secretary outline the Welsh Government's rationale behind asking the UK Government to apply parts of their Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill to Wales?

Answered by None

WQ96012
Asked by: Natasha Asghar (Welsh Conservative Party - South Wales East)

Question

What discussions has the Cabinet Secretary had with home educators about aspects of the UK Government's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill which apply to Wales?

Answered by None



Welsh Senedd Debates
2. Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and the Minister for Children and Social Care
None speech (None words)
Monday 12th May 2025 - None


Welsh Senedd Speeches

No Department