The following new Government Reports & Statistics may be of interest:
- Child rights impact assessment of the Welfare Reform Bill
Office of the Children‟s Commissioner
This impact assessment considers the Bill in the light of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the Human Rights Act 1998 and other international human rights obligations. It highlights the following risks as of real concern: An increase in child poverty as a result of the household benefit cap and housing benefit changes, resulting in poor health and educational outcomes for children.
Published 11 January 2012
http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/content/publications/content_555
- The Good Childhood Report 2012: a review of our children’s well-being. Children's Society.
Researchers questioned more than 30,000 children and young people aged eight to 16 in the UK. The report identifies six key priorities needed for a happy childhood including the conditions to learn and develop; a positive view of themselves; have enough of what matters; positive relationships with family and friends; a safe and suitable home environment and local area; opportunity to take part in positive activities to thrive. Other findings include: choice and family have the biggest impact on children's happiness; the quality of children's relationships with their families is far more important than the structure of the family that they live in; low well-being increases dramatically with age – doubling from the age of 10 (7%) to the age of 15 (14%).
Published 12 January 2012
http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/research/well-being/good-childhood-report-2012
- Cafcass care statistics, December 2011 . There were 795 care applications in December 2011. Care application demand has remained at a very high level. Between April and December 2011, Cafcass received 7,487 new applications. This figure is 10.5% higher when compared to the same period last year. Applications received between May and December this year have been the highest ever recorded by Cafcass for these individual months.
Published 9 January 2012
http://www.cafcass.gov.uk/news/2012/december_care_statistics.aspx
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