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31/7/04 |
England |
Access to Information
A DfES consultation on Draft Regulations and Guidance to implement the Adoption & Children Act 2002
> Details at the DfES website
> see BAAF's press release
This is a joint response from:
After Adoption,
BAAF,
Children's Legal Centre,
Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies (CVAA),
Coram Family,
Essex County Council,
NAGALRO,
NCH,
Post Adoption Centre,
The Who Cares? Trust
> Read the response form (pdf)
> Read the additional comments (pdf)
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30/4/04 |
England and Wales |
Adoption reports / Adoptions with a Foreign Element
Draft Adoption Regulations and Guidance for Consultation from the DfES.
> Details at the DfES website
> BAAF's response form (pdf)
> Additional comments (pdf)
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31/10/05 |
Scotland |
Adoption Policy Review Proposals for Action
The Scottish Executive has set out proposals in response to the Adoption Policy Review Group report.
> Download the consultation document from the Scottish Executive websiteSecure and safe homes for our most vulnerable children (pdf format)
> Read the Adoption Policy Review Group report, Better choices for our children (pdf format)
> Read BAAF's response
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31/8/04 |
England & Wales |
Adoption Support and Adoption Support Agencies
A DfES consultation on Draft Regulations and Guidance to implement the Adoption & Children Act 2002
> Details at the DfES website
Joint Consultation Response on behalf of BAAF, Catholic Children's Society (Westminster), Children's Legal Centre, Coram Family, Family Rights Group, The Fostering Network, NCH, NORCAP, Post Adoption Centre, Brent Social Services Department, Buckinghamshire Social Services Department, Milton Keynes Social Services Department.
> Read the response form (pdf)
> Read the additional comments (pdf)
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1/5/04 |
England |
Arranging Adoptions and Assessing Prospective Adopters
Draft Adoption Regulations and Guidance for Consultation from the DfES.
> Details at the DfES website
Joint response on behalf of:
BAAF, Children's Legal Centre, Family Rights Group,
The Grandparents Association,
National Children's Bureau,
Post Adoption Centre
> Joint response form (pdf)
> Joint extended response (pdf)
> BAAF's additional comments (pdf)
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24/04/08 |
UK |
The Border and Immigration Agency Code of Practice for Keeping Children Safe From Harm
This is a joint response to the consultation by BAAF and Family Rights Group.
Download the joint response
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04/07/08 |
UK |
CAMHS Review - call for evidence
The independent CAMHS Review has launched a national call for evidence.
This will help inform the deliberations of the review team, and ensure that
all interested individuals and organisations have an opportunity to
contribute to the debate about how to improve services to effectively meet
the educational, health and social care needs of children and young people
at risk of, and experiencing, mental health problems.
BAAF's response to the consultation (pdf)
The consultation document can be viewed on the DCSF website.
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26/7/04 |
England |
Care Planning and Special Guardianship
A DfES consultation on Draft Regulations and Guidance
> Details at the DfES website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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31/2/04 |
England |
Children's trust funds - Draft regulations
From the Inland Revenue
> Details at the IR website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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22/7/05 |
England |
Children's Workforce Strategy
Consultation from the DfES.
> Details on the DfES website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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18/11/05 |
England & Wales |
Civil and Family Court Fee Increases
The Department for Constitutional Affairs has published a paper outlining proposed increases in civial and family court fees. Views are sought on whether the package of proposed increases is the most suitable and whether a particular increase in an individual fee might have untoward consequences.
> Download the consultation (PDF) from the Department of Constitutional Affairs website
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30/10/06 |
England and Wales |
Confidence and confidentiality
The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) has published a consultation document setting out proposals for improving transparency and privacy in the family courts.
>Consultation document Details on the DfES website
> Read BAAF's completed response
> Read BAAF's additional response document
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22/11/04 |
England |
Contact: Principles, Practice, Guidance and Procedures(CAFCASS)
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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23/2/04 |
England and Wales |
Criminal Records Bureau
From the Criminal records Bureau.
The Government announced an increase to the cost of Disclosures with effect from 1 April 2004 and issued a consultation on proposed draft regulations.
> Details at the CRB website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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8/9/04 |
England |
Common Core Skills and Knowledge for the Children's Workforce
A DfES consultation.
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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13/10/04 |
England |
Draft Common Core Prospectus
From the DfES.
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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2/07/07 |
England |
Draft Children Act 2004 Information Database (England) Regulations 2007
Evidence to House of Lords Select Committee on Merits of Statutory Instruments
Joint response from BAAF, Family Rights Group, Family Welfare Association and Parentline Plus.
Download PDF of BAAF's evidence
The report of the Committee is available here
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23/3/05 |
England & Wales |
Disclosure of information in family proceedings cases
involving children
From the DCA (see webpage).
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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September 2008 |
UK |
Consultation on Draft Guidance: Schools’ Role in Promoting Pupil Well-being
BAAF's response to the consultation (pdf)
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24/9/05 |
UK |
Draft Electronic Commerce (Adoption and Children Act 2002) Regulations 2005
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has published draft regulations, which aim to ensure that the Adoption and Children Act 2002 complies with the EU Directive on E-Commerce.
> Download the consultation documents from the DfES website
> Read BAAF's response (PDF)
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9/6/05 |
England |
Duty on local authorities to promote the educational achievement of looked after children
A consultation from the DfES.
> Details on the DfES website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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15/4/05 |
England & Wales |
Enhancement of Private Fostering Notification System
Consultation from the DfES.
> See details on the DfES website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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1/12/03 |
England |
Every Child Matters Green Paper
From the DfES.
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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31/12/03 |
England |
Get it Sorted: Providing Effective Advocacy Services for Children and Young People making a Complaint under the Children Act 1989
A DfES consultation.
> Details at the DfES website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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21/1/05 |
England |
Getting the Best from Complaints
Consultation from the DfES on the Changes to the Social Services Complaints Procedures for Children, Young People and Other People making a Complaint
> Details on the DfES website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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12/03/07 |
England |
Independent Reviewing Officer Consultation
Download the pdf of BAAF's response
Consultation documents can be accessed from the CAFCASS website here
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31/12/03 |
England |
Independent Reviewing Officers Draft Guidance and Regulations
A DfES consultation.
> Details at the DfES website
> Joint Response (pdf) on behalf of:
BAAF, Barnardos,
Coram Family, Family Rights Group, NCB, NAGALRO, Who Cares? Trust, Brett Taylor, Independent Reviewing Officer, (in a personal capacity)
> Joint Consultation Response from
BAAF and Family Rights Group (pdf)
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19/1/05 |
England |
Information Sharing Databases in Children's Services
Consultation from the DfES on recording practitioner details for potentially sensitive services and recording concern about a child or young person.
> Details on the DfES website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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12/06 |
England |
DfES Information Sharing consultation – the Information Sharing Index:
Consultation on draft Information Sharing Index (England) Regulations and Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment
Download the pdfs of BAAF's response and BAAF's consultation response form
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15/06/07 |
UK |
Joint committee on the Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill
Evidence to House of Lords Select Committee on Merits of Statutory Instruments
For full information on the call for evidence visit The United Kingdom Parliament website.
Download BAAF's evidence in PDF.
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12/10/06 |
England and Wales |
Legal Aid Reform
Lord Falconer, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and the Legal Services Commission (LSC) have published a consultation paper setting out proposals for modernising the provision of legal aid in England and Wales.
Consultation document: www.dca.gov.uk
Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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25/04/06 |
England |
National minimum fostering allowances
This consultation is a vital opportunity for those affected to have their say on how the allowance should be calculated. We urge foster carers, their families and friends, service providers, social workers, managers and young people in foster care to respond to the consultation and play their part in ensuring allowances reflect the full cost of caring for a child.
> The DFES consultation document.
> Read BAAF's response
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7/12/04 |
Northern Ireland |
Northern Ireland Draft Priorities and Budget 2005 – 08
A Northern Ireland Programme for Government consultation relating to proposed measures to increase fostering allowances, introduce a salaried foster care scheme and set up a 24 hour support service for foster carers.
> Details at the PFGNI website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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31/06/07 |
UK |
Planning Better Outcomes for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children – the Home Office Consultation on UASC Reform
Joint response from the British Association for Adoption and Fostering and from Family Rights Group
For full information on the consultation view the Home Office website.
Download PDF of the joint response to the consultation.
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27/6/05 |
England |
Prescribed Fees (Adoptions with a foreign element) and Non-Agency Adoptions
A consultation from the DfES.
> Details on the DfES website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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21/7/04 |
England & Wales |
Referrals to CAFCASS by independent reviewing officers
Department for Constitutional Affairs Consultation Paper
> Details at the DCA website
A joint response with NAGALRO and Voice for the Child in Care. Other organisations and individuals, while not asking explicitly to be associated with this response, have indicated their general agreement and contributed.
> Read the response form (pdf)
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25/11/05 |
UK |
Review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act
The Department of Health (DH) has published a consultation document as part of the review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. The government is seeking views on whether and how the law might be updated given the rise of new technologies, changes in societal attitudes, international developments, and the need to ensure effective regulation.
> Details on the DfES website
> Read BAAF's response
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All UK |
Review of Research on Child Welfare Services for Children of Minority Ethnic Origin and their Families
From the June Thoburn, Centre for Research on the Child and Family
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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18/10/05 |
England |
School Admissions
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has published a consultation document seeking views on updated Codes of Practice for school admissions and school admission appeals, and on three sets of regulations including the Admission of Looked After Children Regulations.
> Details on the DfES website
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15/11/05 |
England |
Sharing Information on Children and Young People
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has launched a consultation document on draft cross-government guidance on information sharing in respect of children and young people.
> Details on the DfES website
> Read BAAF's response
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04/11/05 |
England |
Single Inspectorate for Children and Learners
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has published a consultation document outlining proposals to create a single inspectorate for children and learners by bringing the children’s services work of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) into Ofsted, together with the Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) inspection remit of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Court Administration (HMICA).
> Details on the DfES website
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20/02/08 |
England, Northern Ireland and Wales |
SVG Act 2006: ISA Scheme
BAAF's response to the consultation (pdf)
The consultation document can be viewed on the DFES website.
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7/4/05 |
UK |
Welfare of the Child
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
> See the HFEA website
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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25/5/05 |
UK |
Work and families: Choice and flexibility
Changes to Maternity and Adoption Leave and Pay (a DTI consultation)
> See details on the DTI web page
> Read BAAF's response (pdf)
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28/10/05 |
England |
Working Together to Safeguard Children and Local Safeguarding Children Board Regulations
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has published a consultation document setting out draft guidance on how agencies and professionals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, as well as a draft of the Local Safeguarding Children Board Regulations.
> Details on the DfES website
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