Improving family court services for children
Published on:The NAO’s latest report reviews the government’s approach to improving family court services for children in England and Wales.
Search results for 'Childcare and children's services'
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Department for Work & Pensions 2023-24
Published on:This report has been produced to provide an introduction to DWP and the NAO’s examination of its spending and performance in 2023-24.
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Monitoring and managing the children’s homes market
Summer 2025This study will examine DfE’s oversight of the children’s homes market, including supported accommodation.
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Preparations to extend early years entitlements for working parents in England
Published on:Government set an ambitious timetable to expand free childcare; consequently, it’s facing uncertainty on feasibility, costs, and benefits.
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Support for vulnerable adolescents
Published on:This study examines whether government understands what is needed to effectively identify and support vulnerable adolescents who are at risk of avoidable adverse outcomes, and who may need costly government interventions if their needs are not addressed.
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Child Maintenance Client Funds Accounts 2020-21
Published on:The C&AG has qualified his audit opinions on the 1993 and 2003 Child Maintenance Schemes Client Funds Account.
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Child Maintenance
Published on:This report looks at whether the government is achieving value for money in its management of child maintenance.
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Child Maintenance Client Funds Account 2019-20
Published on:The C&AG has reported on the Child Maintenance Client Funds Account 2019-20
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Evaluating innovation in children’s social care
Published on:This report examines the Department for Education’s evaluation of the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme.
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Childhood obesity data visualisation
Published on:Last updated – 01 February 2021 About this tool Childhood obesity is a worsening problem which successive governments have attempted to address. The childhood obesity data visualisation is an exploratory tool. It should enable users to identify avenues for local exploration, including potentially similar local areas to explore over time. This interactive data visualisation supports the National Audit Office report on Childhood Obesity which was published in September 2020. The data we present […]
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Supporting disadvantaged families through free early education and childcare entitlements in England
Published on:This report examines whether the Department for Education is supporting disadvantaged families effectively through free early education and childcare entitlements.
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Early education and childcare entitlements data visualisation
Published on:Last updated – 29 July 2020 Introduction to the topic Evidence has shown that high-quality early education and childcare can support children’s development and improve their outcomes. The Department for Education funds three entitlements to free early education and childcare in England: By funding the entitlements, the Department for Education aims to support children’s development […]
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Childhood obesity
Published on:This report examines the effectiveness of the government’s approach to reducing childhood obesity in England.
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Investigation into pre-school vaccinations
Published on:This investigation sets out the system for providing vaccinations to pre-school children in England and the levels of uptake.
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Improving children and young people’s mental health services
Published on:This report examines whether the government is likely to meet its ambitions for children and young people’s mental health services.
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Child Maintenance Client Funds Account 2017-2018
Published on:The C&AG has published his audit opinions for 2017-18 on the 1993, 2003 and 2012 Child Maintenance Schemes
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Support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in England
Published on:This report assesses how well pupils with special educational needs and disabilities are being supported.
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Client Funds Account – Statutory Child Maintenance Schemes 2015-16
Published on:The C&AG has qualified his audit opinions on the Client Funds Accounts of the Department for Work and Pensions on the grounds of material errors in the calculations of child maintenance assessments.
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Pressures on children’s social care
Published on:This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.
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Child Maintenance: closing cases and managing arrears on the 1993 and 2003 schemes
Published on:The National Audit Office has today published the findings of its investigation into the Department for Work & Pensions’ closure of its 1993 and 2003 ‘Child Support Agency’ child maintenance schemes.