Sentences with phrase «increasing number of local authorities»

Thirty - two specialist refuges closed their doors between 2010 and 2014, and an increasing number of local authorities now fund no refuges at all.

Over the last 12 months Labour has increased the number of local authorities with living wage employer status from two to eight, while also adding Birmingham, Oxford and Preston.

Not exact matches

Organic agriculture — identified as a package of intelligent and innovative farming techniques, sustainable and fair food chains based on principles that strengthen small - scale farmers and empower rural economies - are being adopted globally by governments and local authorities, carried out by millions of farmers and supported by a rapidly increasing number of consumers.

If you are involved in a private youth sports program which plays on publicly - owned fields, diamonds, rinks, or courts, or are in local government, you have probably been hearing a lot lately about what is being dubbed the «power of the permit»: the authority municipalities and towns around the country are using to condition use of their athletic facilities by private programs on compliance with state concussion safety laws from which they would otherwise be exempt, or, in an increasing number of instances, to fill gaps in their state's law.

The most recent estimates from local authorities put the number of home schooled children in the UK at more than 36,000 — a figure which has increased by 65 % over the past six years.

Addressing MPs yesterday, Mr Brown said the country needed to increase the number of new house building projects, but said Conservative local authorities first had to approve the plans.

The numbers of strays dealt with by Local Authorities has increased by a staggering 11 % in the last year, with over 9,000 unclaimed strays being euthanised as a result.

The numbers of strays dealt with by Local Authorities has increased by a staggering 11 % in the last year, with over 9000 dogs being euthanised as result.

The total number of stray dogs in Wales increased from 9,482 in 2011 to 10,230 in 2012, equating to a staggering 28 dogs being picked up each day by Local Authorities in the country.

Little said the Senate's plan also contains tax relief for North Country families and businesses, and rejects a number of «tax - and - fee increases» proposed by the governor, including new Department of Motor Vehicles fees, a surcharge on pre-paid cell phones and a proposal calling for online marketplaces to collect sales tax on behalf of their vendors, a loophole that governor says is costing state and local authorities $ 275 million in uncollected tax every year.

The Harris Academy in Peckham has increased the number of students getting five good GCSEs — from 12 percent when it was under local authority control to almost 90 percent now.

The number of state and local authorities under the ABO's oversight has grown to 553, an increase of 63 since July 1 of last year, according to the report.

Interim teaching facilities give schools, colleges and local authorities the flexibility to increase school places to maintain the highest standards of teaching during major construction or refurbishment work or to meet a short - term surge in pupil numbers.

PUPIL PLACE PLANNING Graham Olway of West Sussex County Council looks at how local authorities are pursuing a range of building options to meet the increase in pupil numbers

In response to the publication of the SEN Code of Practice for parliamentary approval by the Department for Education, the AEP has stressed that an uncertain funding future for the initial training of the educational psychology workforce and the ever increasing demand for educational psychologists» posts will mean that there will be an insufficient number of educational psychologists supporting local authorities and schools in future, which could put the wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people across the country at risk.

This has resulted in a significant increase in the number of number of schools opting out of Local Authority control and becoming academies; employers in their own right.

«I can not support limiting the authority of local school leaders, especially at a time when budget cuts have greatly increased class sized and reduced the number of school personnel,» the governor wrote in his veto message.

Councillor Peter John, of London Councils, tells Marc Ashdown he thinks local authorities will need to be given a bigger role in increasing the number of places.

The report said the number of referrals from parents and local authorities had increased this year, from 201 last year to 387 this year.

A total of # 1.3 billion is being granted to local authorities for 2017 to 2018 while the # 300 million top - slice held back from the 2015 to 2017 allocation will be targeted at councils «experiencing significant and unexpected increases in pupil numbers».

Where are the new homes being built for the influx of people wanting to live in these communities, where are the schools that need to expand to cater for the increased number of students, where's the extra Rates being brought in by Local Authorities being spent — on swimming pools, sealing roads and footpaths, providing a free community bus, well set up Doctors Surgeries encouraging Doctors to their communities, provision of free local bus services forLocal Authorities being spent — on swimming pools, sealing roads and footpaths, providing a free community bus, well set up Doctors Surgeries encouraging Doctors to their communities, provision of free local bus services forlocal bus services for all.

Local authorities are repudiating an increasing number of fraudulent claims.

Commenting on the DfES review, The Rt Hon Sir Mark Potter, President of the Family Division, said in July 2007 «There was an early recognition by all agencies involved that a key factor in delay in care proceedings was insufficiencies in the pre-proceedings work of the local authorities» and «the number and complexity of child care cases are increasing in a way that is straining resources to the limit.»

To identify specific changes to local authority and court systems and national and local policies and practices that will help safely stem the increase in the number of care cases coming before the family courts and the number of children in the care system.