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The article reports on debates on education in the House of Commons and the House of Lords. This article presents information on education early day motions and education statutory instruments, along with answers to written questions from the parliament. Member of the parliament Charles Clarke made an oral statement on the Government's Green Paper Every Child Matters. The advocate general for Scotland was asked about the legality of an act of the Scottish Parliament. The Conservatives devoted one of their Opposition Day debates to criticising the Government over the teacher shortage and the problems caused by a lack of adequate funding following changes to the system of local government grant.

The article provides information on Westminster reports on debates in the British House of Commons and the House of Lords from November, 3 to 7, 2003. The debate titled, Children's Play, in Westminster Hall covered a range of issues and Government departments around child's play, this report focuses on those aspects of the debate that concerned education. The debate was opened by Paddy Tipping, the Labour MP for Sherwood in Nottinghamshire. The debate on the schools in Hackney, centered on the decision of Labour MP for Diane Abbott, to send her child to the independent City of London school rather than a state school in her own constituency. Junior Education & Skills Ministers Ivan Lewis introduced a short debate on vocational education in Government time. The debate followed the publication earlier in the year of the White Papers on skills and on higher education.

The article presents some of the recent happenings in the British parliament. On Wednesday, 17 November, Liberal Democratic Party leader Charles Kennedy raised the resignation of the head of the National Assessment Agency. There was also an exchange about the importance of education in making Britain an enterprise culture. Also on Wednesday, 17 November, the Select Committee on Education and Skills took oral evidence for its inquiry into prison education from Phil Wheatley, Director General, Prison Service. On Tuesday 16 November, the Secretary of State for Health made a statement on the publication of the Public Health White Paper.

The article reports a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the Great Britain House of Commons and the House of Lords. It excludes questions where the answer is given in statistical form by LEA, LSC, university or constituency. It includes questions from the Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Transport. The ASC information is a snapshot as at the third Thursday in January of each year. The ILR is a snapshot as at 1 November of each year. In both these data sources, information is collected on all the qualifications a student is studying for. However students often combine qualifications.

The article presents information on all written statements by Ministers in the Great Britain House of Commons and the Great Britain House of Lords concerning education and the wider children agenda published between February 6 to 10, 2006. The Minister for Higher Education and Lifelong Learning, Bill Rammell, said that he had written to heads of all English higher education institutions explaining how the British Government is taking forward the commitment outlined in paragraph 7.10 of the 2003 White Paper "The Future of Higher Education."

The article presents information about the January 30, 2006 issue of the journal "EPM Weekly Bulletin." This issue covers parliamentary activity connected with education, children's services and training on January 23-27, 2006, and future activity planned beyond that. The Public Accounts Committee published its 21st report of the Session 2005/06 on January 24, 2006. The Committee cancelled its original business, which was the taking of evidence for its inquiry into special educational needs. It met in private to try and achieve a consensus among its members for its report on the education White Paper.

The article presents details of early day motions (EDMs) on education tabled in the House of Commons from 7 to 11 July 2003. Member of the House, Ronnie Campbell, believes that the guidelines set by the Department for Education and Skills which excludes people claiming working tax credit from applying for free school meals for their children is unfair; and believes that any household whose annual income is below the amount of £13,230 should be eligible to claim. It is reported that the House is concerned that the inability of the honourable Member for Barking to carry out the duties of Minister for Children is impeding the Government's progress in presenting to the House the Green Paper on Children at Risk.

The article presents information on a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the House of Commons of Great Britain and the House of Lords of Great Britain. Questions are listed alphabetically within departmental and date order. Answers with an asterisk after the title are oral questions not reached and therefore answered as written questions. One question includes what guidance has been issued to schools on tackling bullying via mobile phone. Another question is related to further education in England.

The article covers all answers to written questions on education from the British House of Commons and House of Lords where the answer is given as a statistical table with data by local education authority, local learning and skills council, region, university or constituency. The table shows all the recurrent and capital allocations provided to the education and library boards for the period 1995-96 to 2003-04. The Education and Library Boards are also responsible for provision of both the Public Library Service and the School Library Service but do not purchase any Braille books, and none is held in stock.

This article covers the Great Britain educational parliamentary activity from 21 to 25 March 2005 and future activity planned beyond that. Reports of debates, full lists of education early day motions and education statutory instruments, along with answers to a cross-section of written questions, are contained in the series of reports circulated with this Weekly Bulletin or soon after its publication. The Education and Skills Select Committee will publish its Third Special Report, Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2004-05, on Public Expenditure.

The article covers educational parliamentary activity of Great Britain from July 19-23, 2004 and future activity planned beyond that. Reports of debates, full lists of education early day motions and education statutory instruments, along with answers to a cross-section of written questions, are also contained in the article. During the adjournment debate just before the House rose for the summer recess, four MPs raised education issues. On the other hand the Northern Ireland Office issued two short written statements about youth policy. One announced the annual report and accounts of the Youth Justice Agency and the other made a similar announcement about the Youth Council for Northern Ireland.

The article provides information about educational parliamentary activities in Great Britain from 28 June to 2 July 2004 and future activity planned beyond that. The article consists of reports of debates, full lists of education early day motions and education statutory instruments, along with answers to a cross-section of written questions. During one of the sessions in Great Britain's House of Commons, Department for Culture Media and Sport raised the issue of the disposal of playing fields.

This article focuses on educational parliamentary activity in Great Britain. It presents information about reports of debates, full lists of education early day motions and education statutory instruments. Bob Russell introduced a debate to attack Conservative-controlled Essex County Council for having ended its central school meals contract and devolved responsibility for school meals to school governing bodies. Liz Blackman will introduce a debate on the expansion of the Sure Start Scheme on March 10, 2004.

The article reports a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the House of Commons and the House of Lords of Great Britain. It excludes questions where the answer is given in statistical form by local education authority, learning and skills council, university or constituency. The Teacher Training Agency's standards for initial teacher training and induction require all new teachers to be equipped with a range of strategies to support and improve pupil behavior. It is for individual teachers, acting within law and in line with the school behavior policy, to determine which methods to use in particular circumstances.

The article informs that from time to time the Great Britain House of Commons has special question sessions in the Westminster Hall debating chamber on subjects that cut across the normal Government departmental boundaries. Politician John Randall from Uxbridge asked about the links between school exclusion and antisocial behaviour and the Minister for Children, Margaret Hodge, agreed that there was a link between them but no evidence to understand the cause. During further discussion, the Minister said that she hoped to publish a green paper on youth issues next year, which would look at ways to positively engage young people so that they did not become involved in antisocial behaviour.

This article presents the schedule of debate on Queen Elizabeth II speech in House of Lords, Great Britain, published in the December 8, 2003 issue of the periodical, Education Parliamentary Monitor. The final day, December 4, 2003 of debate on the Queen's Speech was on education. The schedule of forthcoming events in the House of Lords is listed. The House of Lords will rise for the Christmas recess at the close of business on December 18, 2003. The House of Lords will rise for the Easter recess and return on Monday April 19, 2003. The House of Lords will rise for the Whitsun recess and return on Monday June 7, 2003.

The article focuses on several issues related to education and schools that have been debated in the British Parliament between January 16 to 20, 2006 in Great Britain. The House of Commons Public Account Committee (PAC) on Improving School Attendance, School Closures and Surplus Places, and School Milk are the issues that have been discussed in the House of Commons. There are other issues, such as prison (education), and Education in Schools, which have been discussed in the House of Lords. The PAC published its report on improving school attendance. The PAC noted that the Great Britain Department for Education and Skills has had two targets to reduce unauthorized absence in schools and has missed both targets. Unauthorized absence in maintained schools remained static for years, before increasing in 2004-05.

The article informs that the Great Britain House of Commons Select Committee on Education and Skills has today announced that it is to hold an inquiry into children's services as outlined in Every Child Matters. To undertake a concise overview of the reforms being proposed for children's services under the banner Every Child Matters. The place of health, social services and education respectively within integrated services. The practical implications of the 'duty to collaborate', including the effect on funding streams and location of staff and facilities.

The article presents information on various activities in the Great Britain House of Lords. Some of the debates held in the House are, "Children Bill, Committee of the Whole House," " Higher Education Bill, Committee of the Whole House," and others. In addition to that, the article also presents information on forthcoming events of the House. Some of them are, debate on "Higher Education Bill, Report Stage, First Day," to be held on Tuesday 8 June, debate on "Higher Education Bill, Report Stage, Second Day," to be held on June 14.

The article presents information on various events in the Great Britain House of Lords. On Wednesday 9 June, the opposition would be debating. The Conservative Party has five hours of debate allocated, though subjects to be debated have not yet been announced. It is possible that education could feature during the debates. On Thursday 22 July, the House of Lords will rise for the summer recess and return on Tuesday 7 September. On Thursday 16 September, the House of Lords will rise for the party conference season recess and return on Monday 11 October.

The article lists all written statements by Ministers in Great Britain's House of Commons and House of Lords concerning education published between April 26 to 30, 2004. Armed forces in Great Britain have an enviable reputation throughout the world for their professional delivery of operational military capability in a vast spectrum of roles. These range from war fighting to the complex and often subtle requirements of peace support operations and counter-terrorism; besides turning their hand, as they have done in recent years, to providing support to the civil community assisting with fire-fighting, flood-relief and the foot and mouth outbreak.

The article focuses on various discussions related to education in Great Britain's House of Lords. The order in which Child Trust Funds Bill clauses will be taken at committee stage was agreed. Child Trust Funds Bill's second reading would be staged on May 4, 2004. First session of Higher Education bill would be staged on May 10, 2004. The second session of the bill would be staged on May 13, 2004. The House of Lords will rise for the summer recess and return on September 7, 2004. The House will rise for the party conference season recess and return on October 11, 2004.

The article focuses on various discussion related to education in Great Britain's House of Lords. For mathematics teaching, Baroness Sharp of Guildford asked the government about plans to implement the recommendations of the Smith Report on the teaching of mathematics. For vocational education Baroness Brigstocke asked the government about steps taken to improve vocational education in schools. For Higher Education Bill, the order in which clauses will be taken in committee was agreed on April 22, 2004.

The article gives details of early day motions (EDMs) on education tabled in the House of Commons during May 19-23, 2003. Entries show the EDM number, the subject with the date the EDM was tabled on the right hand side of the page. The total number of MPs signing the EDM is given under the date. The MP tabling the EDM is given in bold, followed by his initial supporters and then the list of names of other MPs who have signed the motion.

The article presents various parliamentary questions and answers on education asked in the Great Britain House of Commons and the House of Lords. One of the questions was asked to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills about what child protection checks a teacher is expected to undergo. The Department for education and Skills' guidance "Child Protection: Preventing Unsuitable People from Working with Children and Young Persons", provides comprehensive advice on the pre-appointment checks employers should undertake on teachers and other prospective employees. Another question asked to the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on what criteria are used to determine the eligibility of teachers for key worker funding for affordable homes. For the education sector the Department for Education and Skills recommends that teachers with Qualified Teacher Status working in the maintained sector can apply for assistance.

The article reports on issues related to education and schools that have been debated in the Great Britain House of Commons and the Great Britain House of Lords from January 30 to February 3, 2006. The issues related to school community activities, local education authorities, and bullying in schools have been discussed in the House of Commons. Some other issues, such as higher and further education and school admissions, have been debated in the House of Lords. The unintended consequences of the school community activities rules for charitable organisations, which have adversely affected a number of schools and colleges, were the subject of a short debate in Westminster Hall.

Great Britain's government is committed to embedding the five outcomes identified by children into their programme for change to improve the well-being of children and young people. This includes the recognition that, in each local area, young people need opportunities for personal development, learning and recreation outside school hours, including access to sport, art and cultural activities. The Children Bill seeks to reflect these outcomes legislatively — providing a context to ensure work by all parties is clearly based on what children and young people have told that it is important.

The article reports a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the Great Britain House of Commons and the House of Lords. It excludes questions where the answer is given in statistical form by LEA, LSC, university or constituency. Questions are listed alphabetically within departmental and date order. Answers with an asterisk after the title are oral questions not reached and therefore answered as written questions. The period covered by this report is from 21 to 24 March 2005. It includes answers to questions put to the Department for Education and Skills, and the Northern Ireland Office in the House of Commons.

The article details of early day motions (EDMs) on education tabled in the Great Britain House of Commons during the session, from November 23, 2004. Part 3 lists those EDMs that have been listed in previous weeks. After the number and title of the EDM, five lines of information are given that provides a picture of the progress of the motion over its active life. The name, party and constituency of the proposer are followed by the date on which the motion was tabled. The third line of information gives the number of new signatures added each week. After three weeks of no new signatures, the EDM is no longer considered active and no further data is added to this line.

This article reports on debates in the House of Commons and the House of Lords in Great Britain from February 21 to 25, 2005. Dorset North MP Bob Walter had sought adjournment debate on February 22 because of concern about sudden changes in the funding arrangements for capital work in voluntary aided (VA) schools. Walter told the House that the government's decision to freeze part of the VA capital fund had put in danger a planned school reorganization in his constituency. Bob Laxton (Lab, Derby North) asked the Prime Minister for an assurance that a future Labour government would continue to fund education through capital and curriculum investment money.

The article reports a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the Great Britain House of Commons and the House of Lords. It includes answers to questions put to the Department for Education and Skills, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Northern Ireland Office in the House of Commons and HMG in the House of Lords. It excludes questions where the answer is given in statistical form by LEA, LSC, university or constituency. Questions are listed alphabetically within departmental and date order.

The article reports on written parliamentary questions on education from the Welsh Assembly and, if there are any, from the Great Britain House of Commons and the Great Britain House of Lords. All local authorities in Wales have produced an asset management plan for all their corporate assets apart from their housing stock. Authorities worked to a completion date of 1 April 2004. The common requirements of the National Curriculum already provide that 'pupils should be given opportunities, where appropriate, to develop and apply knowledge and understanding of the cultural, economic, environmental, historical and linguistic characteristics of Wales'.

The article reports on debates in the Great Britain House of Commons and the Great Britain House of Lords from September 13-17, 2004. The full text of each debate is available electronically as part of the journal's Research for All service. Some of the debates are Children Bill House of Commons Debate, Student Fees (Approved Plans) Regulations 2004 House of Commons Debate, Higher Education House of Commons Debate, Down's Syndrome (Education) House of Commons Debate, the Future of Education in Southend House of Lords Debate and many others.

The article presents information on a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from Great Britain's House of Commons and the House of Lords. It excludes questions where the answer is given in statistical form by LEA, LSC, university or constituency. The period covered by this report is from July 19 to 23, 2004. It includes answers to questions put to the Department for Education and Skills, the Department for Culture Media and Sport, the Northern Ireland Office and the Wales Office in the House of Commons, and to HMG in the House of Lords.

The article presents information on debates held in Great Britain's House of Commons and the House of Lords during July 19-23, 2004. There was a brief exchange about school buses at the Oral Question time for Transport Department Ministers on Tuesday. This was prompted by a question from parliamentarian Ben Chapman, who wanted to know what plans there were to encourage the use of yellow school buses. David Jamieson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Transport, told him that the Government has recognized that dedicated buses could reduce car dependency. They were supporting a pilot scheme in West Yorkshire with £18.7 million and would consider other proposals from local authorities.

This article reports on a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the Great Britain House of Commons and the House of Lords. According to Secretary of State for Education and Skills there are 18 maintained secondary schools that offer the International Baccalaureate. Of these, nine submitted results for 16 to 18-year-olds for publication in the 2004 Performance Tables. It was also reported that the Department for Education and Skills has not issued specific guidance to primary care trusts or local education authorities on the employment of school nurses, as school nurses come within the remit of the Secretary of State for Health.

The journal "EPM Weekly Bulletin," PQs— Westminster, England, reports a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from Great Britain Parliament House of Commons and the House of Lords. It excludes questions where Great Britain's Local Education Authority, Learning and Skills Council, university or constituency gives the answer in statistical form. These are listed in EPM Weekly Statistics -Westminster. Questions are listed alphabetically within departmental and date order. Answers with an asterisk after the title are oral questions not reached and therefore answered as written questions. The period covered by this report is from May 10 to 14, 2004.

The May 4, 2004 issue of EPM Weekly Statistics covers all answers to written questions on education from Great Britain's House of Commons and the House of Lords where the answer is given as a statistical table with data by local education authority, local learning and skills council, university or constituency. The period covered by this report is between April 26 to 30, 2004. The number of children in residential care in each local authority at March 31, 2003 is shown in the table presented in the article.

EPM Weekly gives details of early day motions (EDM) on education tabled in Great Britain's House of Commons from April 26 to 30, 2004. Entries show the EDM number, the subject with the date the EDM was tabled on the right hand side of the page. The total number of members of parliament signing the EDM is given under the date. Members tabling the EDM is given in bold, followed by initial supporters and then the list of names of other members who have signed the motion. EDM that have not had any change in the number of members signing for more than three consecutive weeks are listed in section A.

Westminster reports a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from Great Britain's House of Commons and the House of Lords. It excludes questions where the answer is given in statistical form by local education authority, Learning and Skills Council, university or constituency. These are listed in EPM Weekly Statistics — Westminster. Questions are listed alphabetically within departmental and date order. Answers with an asterisk after the title are oral questions not reached and therefore answered as written questions.

The article focuses on EPM Weekly early day motion (EDMs) gives details of EDMs on education tabled in the Great Britain's House of Commons from 19 to 23 April 2004. The most serious is EDM 1008, a warning shot across the Government's bows following the publication of a draft Bill on school transport than some Labour Member of Parliaments (MPs) suspect is about cutting the amount of money spent on school transport. It has the potential to be another battle like university tuition fees, in that traditional Labour MPs will attack it for hitting the poor and being precisely the sort of New Labour measure they hate.

This article focuses on a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the Great Britain House of Commons and the Great Britain House of Lords. The period covered by this report is from March 1, 2004 to March 5, 2004. One question is related to asking the Great Britain Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether children's trusts will be given responsibility for implementing Social Care for Deaf-blind Children and Adults Local Authority Circular. Another question concerns asking the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been spent on the Excellence in Cities programme in each year since 1998-99.

This article presents information about various early day motions (EDMs) on education tabled in the Great Britain House of Commons during March 1-5, 2004. It also focuses on MPs tabling the EDMs, followed by their initial supporters and then the list of names of other MPs who have signed the motion. There were four new education early day motions tabled last week. One concerned the health of children, and is included here as part of our widening coverage of children's agenda issues. EDM 311 on the LSC survey of further education college students may reach 100 signatures next week.

This article focuses on various debates in the Great Britain House of Commons and the Great Britain House of Lords during March 1-5, 2004. It includes a report on proceedings on the Higher Education Bill on February 26, 2004. Bob Russell used a short debate to attack Conservative-controlled Essex County Council for having ended its central school meals contract. In an impassioned speech, Russell described the decision of the County Council to cancel at little more than three months' notice its school meals contract as despicable and callous. Alan Hurst raised the particular difficulties of small rural schools.

The article reports on a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the British House of Commons and the House of Lords. Norman Baker asks the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the funding arrangements for primary school non-contact time. Alan Campbell asks the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people beginning higher education courses in 2002 had previously attended a fee-paying school. Sarah asks the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to include Asian languages as part of modern language education at primary level.

The article provides information on the May 19, 2005 issue of the "EPM Weekly Bulletin," which covers educational parliamentary activity from November 3 to 7, 2003, in Great Britain, and future activity planned beyond that. It includes reports of debates, full lists of education early day motions and education statutory instruments, along with answers to a cross-section of written questions, are contained in the series of reports circulated with this Weekly Bulletin or soon after its publication. The article also shows the list of new items added for the first time to the "Forthcoming" sections, which includes debate on child's play, education questions, and vocational guidance.

This article presents information related to parliamentary institutions in Great Britain. All parliamentary institutions in the Great Britain are now on summer recess. The week after the Westminster Parliament rose for the recess two House of Commons select committees issued three reports relevant to education. The reports are published in a special issue of EPM Weekly Debates — Westminster. The Education and Skills Select Committee published its report, Government Response to the Committee's Third Report: A Level Standards, Third Special Report of Session 2002-03, HC 1026.

The article reports on a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the British House of Commons and the House of Lords. It excludes questions where LEA, LSC, university or constituency gives the answer in statistical form. Questions are listed alphabetically within departmental and date order. The period covered by this report is from June 23-27, 2003. It includes questions from the Department for Education and Skills, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the House of Lords.

The article reports a selection of written parliamentary questions on education from the Great Britain House of Commons and the House of Lords. The article excludes questions where the answer is given in statistical form by LEA, LSC, university or constituency. Questions are listed alphabetically within departmental and date order. The period covered by this report is during June 9-13, 2003. It includes questions from the Department for Education and Skills, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department of Health, the Lord Chancellor's Department, the Northern Ireland Office, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Wales Office, the Department for Work and Pensions and the House of Lords.

The article focuses on June 2, 2003 issue of the EPM Weekly Bulletin, which covers educational activity from May 26 to 30, 2003 and future activity planned beyond that. David Laws will introduce an adjournment debate in Westminster Hall on children's centres and early years learning in South Somerset. Great Britain's House of Commons will rise for the summer recess and return on September 8, 2003. The First Minister made a statement on the Scottish Executive coalition's proposed programme for the next four years. Education questions to the Executive were on the Scottish Agricultural College.