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Guidance from the Scottish Government for local authorities in Scotland regarding looked after children and their duties under the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.

Extending personal adviser support to age 25: statutory guidance — The Department for Education (DfE) has published statutory guidance for local authorities in England around extending personal adviser support to all care leavers up to the age of 25.

These Regulations amend the Schedule to the Special Guardianship Regulations (2005)(«the 2005 Regulations») which prescribes the matters to be dealt with by local authorities in reports they prepare for the court in applications for special guardianship orders.

Promoting the education of children in care and care leavers: statutory guidance The Department for Education (DfE) has published statutory guidance setting out the duty local authorities in England have to promote the educational achievement of looked after children and care leavers, and on the role of the designated teacher for children and young people in care and care leavers.

Department for Education guidance issued to local authorities in 2010 specified that services shouldn't be allocated on the basis of a child's legal status, and that they shouldn't be withheld because the child is in an informal care arrangement.

The largest ever survey of kinship (family and friend) carers in England and Wales has revealed that a «legal lottery» still determines the support available to children unable to live with their parents, despite government advice issued to local authorities in 2010 aimed at focussing support on children's needs.

The Flying Start programme, 28 launched across all local authorities in Wales in 2007/2008, is a Welsh Government programme that aims to improve life chances for children from birth to age 4 by providing early years care and education.

The Foundations for Attachment Programme is being piloted by a number of local authorities in England and aims to help parents connect with their children by modelling a playful, accepting, curious and empathic parenting style.

We sent a Freedom of Information questionnaire to all local authorities in England and Wales, to find out about their policies on family and friends care and the support they provide.

Following an assessment, local authorities in England can use the Adoption Support Fund to fund attendance on a Parenting our Children course.

• David Roth (2010) Family and Friends Care: A Guide to Good Practice for Local Authorities in England.

It is based on a survey of national policies and practices for children looked after in kinship care across the 32 local authorities in Scotland, and an intensive study of 30 children living with 24 kinship families in five local authorities.

Unfortunately, at the moment only a small minority of families are offered a family group conference prior to proceedings and three in 10 local authorities in England and Wales have no family group conference service at all.

«We are thrilled that the Department for Education Innovation Programme has funded Family Rights Group to work with seven local authorities in England to conduct a three year trial of Lifelong Links, which is a new approach to creating life - long support networks for children and young people in care.

Together for Disabled Children, which is contracted to support local authorities in delivering short breaks between 2008 and 2011, reports that where there is good quality parental engagement, more children receive short breaks.

Finally, this project would not have been possible without the financial support of the Welsh Assembly Government and the four local authorities in south Wales.

The mental health of young people looked after by local authorities in England.

Funding This trial was funded by a consortium of four local authorities in South Wales: Cardiff, Torfaen, Newport and Caerphilly and the Welsh Assembly Government and amounted to # 530 486.

In The mental health of young people looked after by local authorities in England (Meltzer et al., 2003) information was collected on 1,039 children.

Stephen acts for parents as well as extended family members (in particular grandparents) and for and against local authorities in terms of public law matters, and specialises in contact issues, residence issues, step - parent adoption, adoption and Special Guardianship Orders.

• Assisted in the movement of inmates between prisons • Subdued and restrained inmates during escort • Communicated with local authorities in locations where prisoners were being transported • Maintained proper equipment safety and condition

Alternatively, there are more than 400 local authorities in the UK, delivering services to communities everywhere from remote rural locations to major cities.

The incident of account theft and data leak at the exchange was first reported to local authorities in late June 2017.

It collected statements from local authorities in San Bernardino.

We are fully cooperating with local authorities in their investigation of this incident.»

Additional natural disaster coverage up to $ 100 per day for five days is provided in the event the insured is ordered to evacuate by local authorities in preparation for a natural disaster.

She has given presentations for a number of local authorities in areas including: Compulsory Purchase Orders; Land Assembly; Sales at Undervalue and State Aid and Community Asset Transfers.

David advises and appears both for and against local authorities in a wide range of matters including:

He has handled cases including actions against travellers illegally occupying private land and instructing hearings for solicitors based outside Edinburgh and for local authorities in the Court of Session.

We have worked with the NHS since its birth in the 1940s and many of our lawyers have worked in - house within local authorities in England.

Eleanor has experience representing parents, children through their Guardian, interveners and Local Authorities in public law proceedings at all stages of a case.

R (on the application of Forge Care Homes Ltd) v Cardiff and Vale UHB [2015] EWHC 601 (Admin), (2015) 8 CCLR 39 Concerning the division of responsibility between local health boards and local authorities in Wales for the funding of nursing care

R (Islington Borough Council & others) v Mayor of London & others [2013] EWHC 4142 (Admin) Acting for Inner London local authorities in challenge to Mayor of London's decision to close fire stations

Rather, there should be an economic incentive for the Government to improve police station procedure, court listing practice and case preparation by the CPS or local authorities in order to reduce waiting costs to the legal aid budget.»

He regularly advises local authorities in relation governance and elections, financial arrangements, borrowing powers, land transactions and regeneration schemes, trading arrangements, powers to charge, Council Tax, equality and diversity obligations (including the public sector equality duty), and vires.

Jones v Cheshire Constabulary (2017) A local councillor and former leader of Cheshire East Council complains about the conduct of a police investigation into the awarding of contracts by one of the largest spending local authorities in the North - West with allegations of defamation and misfeasance in public office against the police.

He is also the reviews editor of «The Barrister» magazine and has served as an elected member of two local authorities in Oxford and Richmond.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Prosiect Gwyrdd, a consortium of five local authorities in South Wales, on a # 1.1 billion residual waste project - the first to be procured under the Welsh Government's residual waste revenue support programme...

He is involved in multiple follow - on claims arising out of headline cartel decisions and has also acted for listed companies and local authorities in high - value procurement challenges.

«She joins at a time of real growth in the maritime market in South China, with local authorities in Guangzhou keen to take advantage of the development opportunities in the region.

Giving what appears to be the first ever decision of the High Court on the topic, the judgment reminds local authorities in England of the need for a proper analysis of the educational needs of young people with learning difficulties and the provision available to meet them.

He also undertakes mental health law work and acts for local authorities in respect of their duties under the Mental Health Act 1983.

Another relevant feature was the voluntary transfer of housing stock to RSLs from the public sector, which again reflected the fact that RSLs were performing functions of the same kind as local authorities in the provision of social rented housing.

Acting for local authorities in connection with the compulsory purchase of land needed for a number of major highway proposals in England and Wales including successfully promoting the South Bristol Link, 5 km of new road South of Bristol.

We are currently acting for the Local Government Association and 370 of its member local authorities in England and Wales in a collective action involving 7000 claims dating back to 2005 for refunds of property search fees allegedly levied in breach of the EIR.

Alice acts for a variety of clients including businesses operating nationally and internationally, banks and financial institutions, individuals, various local authorities in Scotland, the Central Legal Office of the NHS in Scotland, the Police Federation and businesses in Scotland.

Over the last couple of months PSG has been in communication with all 326 Local Authorities in England and Wales to find out the state of readiness of each to produce the new CON29 and also provide access the to the raw data.

In just the last few months, we have been witness to many signs of technological advancement in this field: Tesla declaring its ability to produce a fully autonomous vehicle by 2017; Uber utilizing a broad definition of Pittsburgh's existing regulatory framework and close cooperation with local authorities in order to turn the city into an experimental ground for autonomous taxis; Otto testing the operation of autonomous trucks, which have the potential to disrupt the entire commercial delivery industry; Google, Baidu, Volvo, and many others, already stepping in and working hard to establish themselves in the industry, too.

Pembrokeshire is one of two local authorities in the UK with such a policy regarding local sustainability.

NEWS: After 2015's devastating fire season, local authorities in South Sumatra are determined to end slash - and - burn and restore peatland