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Families and social services

  • Research Briefing

    Children, young people and the built environment

    Tuesday, 14 October, 2025

    The children, young people and the built environment briefing sets out the challenges facing children and young people in accessing formal and informal play spaces. It highlights the opportunities offered through the built environment by focusing on a child-centred place-based approach to design and development. The briefing highlights the wider benefits this brings for health, well-being and the realisation of vibrant, sustainable communities.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Culture, media and sport
    • Planning
  • Research Briefing

    The implications of population ageing for social policy

    Tuesday, 16 September, 2025

    The UK population is ageing, with some ageing better than others. This has implications for health and social care, housing, pensions and education policies.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Communities
    • Education
    • Health services
    • Housing and planning
    • Pensions
    • Schools
  • Research Briefing

    Childcare workforce in England

    Monday, 01 September, 2025

    A briefing on the childcare workforce in England, looking at workforce size, recruitment and retention, and an overview of recent government policy.

    • Research Briefing
    • Child care
    • Children and families
    • Pre-school education
  • Debate Pack

    Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

    Friday, 15 August, 2025

    A Westminster Hall debate on the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund is scheduled for Thursday 4 September 2025 at 1:30pm. The debate will be led by Alison Bennett MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Children and families
    • Children's social services
  • Debate Pack

    Giving every child the best start in life

    Friday, 11 July, 2025

    A general debate on giving every child the best start in life is scheduled to take place in the House of Commons Chamber on Wednesday 16 July 2025.

    • Debate Pack
    • Child support
    • Children and families
  • Debate Pack

    Children’s health

    Monday, 07 July, 2025

    A debate on children's health is scheduled to take place in the House of Commons Chamber on Thursday 10 July 2025. The subject for the debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee, and the debate will be led by Dr Simon Opher MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Children and families
    • Health services
  • Constituency casework,Research Briefing

    What fees are charged when arranging child maintenance?

    Wednesday, 25 June, 2025

    Outlining fees charged when child maintenance is arranged by the Child Maintenance Service and if there any exemptions

    • Constituency casework
    • Research Briefing
    • Child support
    • Children and families
  • Constituency casework,Research Briefing

    Child maintenance: FAQs on the paying parent’s income

    Wednesday, 25 June, 2025

    Information on why the person with care’s income is not included in a child maintenance calculation, using gross income and what happens when income changes

    • Constituency casework
    • Research Briefing
    • Child support
    • Children and families
  • Research Briefing

    Implementing the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019

    Friday, 20 June, 2025

    This briefing outlines the legal and policy background to the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019 and the Liberty Protection Safeguards.

    • Research Briefing
    • Community care
    • Disability
    • Health
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Expanding government-funded childcare in England

    Thursday, 19 June, 2025

    Overview of the expansion of government-funded childcare to children from working families aged from nine months to three years.

    • Research Briefing
    • Child care
    • Children and families
    • Pre-school education
  • Debate Pack

    Right to maintain contact in care settings

    Wednesday, 18 June, 2025

    A Westminster Hall debate on the right to maintain contact in care settings is scheduled for Tuesday 24 June 2025 at 9:30am. The debate will be led by Dan Carden MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Community care
    • Health
  • Research Briefing

    Informal carers’ employment rights and support

    Friday, 13 June, 2025

    An overview of the employment rights and support available to informal carers, and public policy reviews on this topic in recent years.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children and families
    • Communities
    • Work and incomes
  • Research Briefing

    Informal carers health and wellbeing

    Thursday, 05 June, 2025

    Informal and unpaid carers provide vital support for many people with health and social care needs. However, there is growing evidence that the demands of caring are increasingly impacting carers’ own physical and mental health.

    • Research Briefing
    • Community care
    • Health
    • Health services
  • Research Briefing

    Local authority support for unpaid carers in England

    Wednesday, 04 June, 2025

    Information on local authority support for unpaid carers in England, including young carers and parent carers of disabled children.

    • Research Briefing
    • Children's social services
    • Community care
    • Disability
  • Debate Pack

    Government support for children in adoptive and kinship placements

    Friday, 16 May, 2025

    A Westminster Hall debate on government support for children in adoptive and kinship placements is scheduled for Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 2:30pm. The debate will be led by Rebecca Smith MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Children and families
    • Children's social services

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