Sentences with phrase «local authority services as»

47 per cent of survey respondents reported the decline of local authority services as a cost pressure on schools, in particular the abolition of the Education Services Grant (ESG) to local authorities which is being passed through to schools.

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The attitudes of local authorities may be changing now as the economy slows and officials become more concerned about unemployment and tensions over access to schools and other social services.

The Financial Services Authority, Indonesia's financial services regulator known as the OJK, is preparing a regulation that would allow local financial technology companies to lend money directly to customers to provide more financing choices for the public, its senior officials said on Tuesday Services Authority, Indonesia's financial services regulator known as the OJK, is preparing a regulation that would allow local financial technology companies to lend money directly to customers to provide more financing choices for the public, its senior officials said on Tuesday services regulator known as the OJK, is preparing a regulation that would allow local financial technology companies to lend money directly to customers to provide more financing choices for the public, its senior officials said on Tuesday (14/02).

The paper said confidential local authority reports reveal a social services supervisor described the child as «sobbing and begging not to be returned to the foster carer's home because «they don't speak English»».

The Fatherhood Institute is calling on local authorities to continue investing in family and children's services that think about families holistically, after a national survey revealed that as many as 250 Sure Start centres could close within the next year.

• Early Years Dad Cards (VERY INEXPENSIVE — from as little as 39p per card — and available to Local Authorities, Children's Centres, and other Early Years Services).

Local authorities also use their high needs budget to pay for central services relating to SEND and AP, as permitted by the School and Early Years Finance (England) Regulations 2015.

«Barriers to achievements for children with special needs and disabilities rise even higher as savage cuts to local authority budgets cause vital specialist support services to be axed.

If there were truly issues surrounding consent and child protection, then of course the state has a duty to investigate, but given that Kerry and Mark have been deemed perfectly capable of parenting by another local authority social services department it is difficult to see this as anything but a deliberate restriction of freedoms based solely on Kerry having a mild learning disability.

He chose not to go to university and instead started work as union organiser representing public sector workers in local authorities and the health service.

As highlighted in our recent report, Making Young Minds Matter, we need local authorities to collaborate more closely with local charities and social enterprises in service commissioning, contract design and target setting.

Both businesses and residents of the City, or «Square Mile», are entitled to vote in elections, and in addition to its functions as the local authority — analogous to those undertaken by the 32 boroughs that administer the rest of the Greater London region — it takes responsibility for supporting the financial services industry and representing its interests.

The metro mayor works together with leaders of the local authority to create a strategy for the wider area, but local authorities will still be responsible for most public service delivery (such as waste management, schools, recreational facilities and fire services).

By working in close liaison with the UK Border Agency (UKBA), JobCentres, social services and local authorities, welfare advisors serve as powerful advocates for torture survivors.

As Frances Crook wrote in the piece which sparked the row: «Prison libraries are supplied and funded by local authorities and have often been surprisingly good, but so many libraries are now closing and cutting costs that inevitably the first service to feel the pinch is in prison.»

This ministerial appointment should be accompanied by a statutory youth services bill that places new legal duties on local authorities to provide a professional youth service and consult young people on changes, such as cuts, closures and removal of services.

A letter from local authorities, bus operators, transport campaigners and unions warns of the consequences if the bus service operators» grant (BSOG) is cut as part of the spending review.

My local authority has already pared down my home care service as much as it can.

There are two main levels of the NHS which ministers regularly describe as «local» and are concerned with commissioning services: Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs).

As the national authority on multidisciplinary approaches to supporting child victims of abuse, the purpose of National Children's Alliance is to empower local communities to provide comprehensive, coordinated and compassionate services to victims of child abuse.

The monarch has, therefore, alerted the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni; Director of State Security Service, Mr. Adekunle Ajanaku, as well as the Executive Secretaries of Lagos Island Local Government and Lagos Island Local Council Development Authority to move against the perpetrators of the illegal act.

Central services Consideration also needs to be taken in regard to the lack of central services at local authority level as well as the major, radical changes currently being undertaken across the health service.

In my own local authority we have resolved the situation by working as part of a formal tripartite agreement with the fire service and the insurance company to ensure that all new builds and major refurbishments will have considered a fire suppression system.

Local authorities aggregate the delivery of broadband services for schools, working together as part of the Regional Broadband Consortia (RBC).

While the DfE has an active role as regulator of academies, this is no substitute for the comprehensive range of advisory services and specialist resources traditionally offered by a local authority.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

They could choose to keep it with the Local Authority (which may also outsource the function), appoint an in - house HR team or buy the services they require, such as payroll, recruitment etc, from a third party.

The seminar will be presented by Helen Cooper, who originally qualified and worked as a teacher before becoming the HR director of a Local Authority Children's Services department.

Academies in particular are under strain as many, some for the first time, are having to get to grips with the procurement of essential and complex services such as cleaning, grounds maintenance, HR and legal support that were previously provided by the local authority.

Graham Olway represented all local authorities in England as National Chairman of the Education Building Development Officers Group (EBDOG) from 2007 - 13 and was awarded a MBE for his services to Education in 2013.

Academisation means SBMs are facing increasingly complicated and diverse duties just as the support from local authority services disappear.

Local authorities may need to address a sudden worsening in their customary economies of scale if the new academies in their area choose not to continue using them as their main supplier for various goods and services.

Since then it has been serving schools and local authorities as a specialist agent to procure and supply best - value leased - line broadband and associated services and content.

As a growing population puts further strain on the demand for public services and school places, local authorities are turning to modular buildings to construct lower carbon buildings more quickly.

The Policy Exchange piece proposes an end to the local authority as we know it, with its reduction to a rump provider of specialist services.

Academy Trusts are charities, and the only way to make money from them is to sell them services, as many local authorities do.

If the combined budget of these schools is not large enough for the local authority to top slice a sufficient amount to fund its improvement services, then it could be classed as unviable.

First, that the «fragmenting» of the school system through academisation has cut out more than just local authorities — but also many services, such as educational psychologists, sports partnerships, and joined - up youth offender initiatives.

In fact, schools regularly approach the trust, and typically need support as services they are used to receiving from the local authority decrease.

A child is defined as «in need» if they are unlikely to achieve or maintain a reasonable standard of health or development without the help of local authority services.

She did not convince us that she had a clear understanding of the other aspects of this complex role, such as: early years; primary education; children's services; child protection; looked - after children; special educational needs; further education; and the educational support role for which local authorities are inspected

In addition, they receive money which would previously have been held back by the local authority to provide extra services across all schools, such as help for children with special educational needs.

Fragment still further access to local authority support services, such as support for disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs, and weaken local co-ordination of education provision.

This is because on top of the regular per pupil funding, it gets money that would previously have been held back by the local authority to provide services such as special needs support.

Academies gain access to funds which would previously have been pooled at local authority level for area - wide services such as special needs provision.

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The Senate substituted a more comprehensive version for HR 3858, which would grant FEMA the authority to assist in developing disaster plans and make financial contributions to state and local authorities to procure or construct emergency animal shelters, and allow the federal government to provide direct assistance during a disaster to help people with companion animals and service animals, as well as the animals themselves, following a major disaster.

b) If We are unable to provide this Service because of something beyond our reasonable control such as technical failure, lightning, flood, or exceptionally severe weather, fire or explosion, civil disorder, war, or military operations, natural or local emergency, anything done by government or other competent authority or industrial disputes of any kind (whether or not involving our employees), We will not be liable for this.

It's a global compact signed on a voluntary basis by Local and Regional Authorities willing to adapt their water infrastructure and services to the emerging challenges they are increasingly facing such as climate change, rapid urban growth, depletion and pollution of water resources or ageing infrastructure.

With money leaving local economies across Ireland to service debt and significant drops in local authority revenues, towns such as Dundalk, Ennis and Kilkenny are investigating the possibility of bringing in electronic currencies to keep money circulating locally, as Richard Douthwaite reveals.