Adjournment debate on the assessment and treatment of families with severe mental health disorders.

Adjournment debate on the assessment and treatment of families with severe mental health disorders.

I congratulate the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Susan Kramer) on securing the debate. It may well be that the problem affects a relatively small number of families in our society, but that does not make it any less important. Enduring and severe mental health issues are a challenge for...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Susan Kramer) on securing the debate. It may well be that the problem affects a relatively small number of families in our society, but that does not make it any less important. Enduring and severe mental health issues are a challenge for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December, 428 c396W, on young offenders, what plans he has to implement basic skills tests at regular periods throughout a young offender's sentence. - (Holding answer 20 December 2004).

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December, 428 c396W, on young offenders, what plans he has to implement basic skills tests at regular periods throughout a young offender's sentence. - (Holding answer 20 December 2004).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to publicise best practice in the motor vehicle maintenance trade in the UK; what assessment he has made of the robustness of methods for assessing technical competence in the UK motor vehicle maintenance industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans he has to publicise best practice in the motor vehicle maintenance trade in the UK; what assessment he has made of the robustness of methods for assessing technical competence in the UK motor vehicle maintenance industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will introduce ongoing effective technician competence assessment in the UK motor industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will introduce ongoing effective technician competence assessment in the UK motor industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment the Government has made of the benefits of non-academic adult education; and if he will make a statement. - Inc ref to work by Centre for Research the Wider Benefits of Learning at www.learningbenefits.net.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment the Government has made of the benefits of non-academic adult education; and if he will make a statement. - Inc ref to work by Centre for Research the Wider Benefits of Learning at www.learningbenefits.net.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on progress on the development of a national credit framework for qualifications in post-compulsory learning.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on progress on the development of a national credit framework for qualifications in post-compulsory learning.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he is taking to increase qualifications at (a) apprenticeship, (b) skilled craft and (c) technician level. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what action he is taking to increase qualifications at (a) apprenticeship, (b) skilled craft and (c) technician level. - Inc figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if assessment of key skills through vocational settings will be balanced by general testing of competencies in transferable key skills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if assessment of key skills through vocational settings will be balanced by general testing of competencies in transferable key skills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has issued to examining boards on the account which should be taken of the effects of hayfever on the performance of children taking public examinations. - Includes ref to JCGQ document 'Regulations and Guidance for Candidates with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance he has issued to examining boards on the account which should be taken of the effects of hayfever on the performance of children taking public examinations. - Includes ref to JCGQ document 'Regulations and Guidance for Candidates with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on academic achievement at (a) Key Stage 3, (b) GCSE and (c) A-level for pupils from pupil referral units in each academic year since 1997. - Includes tables.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on academic achievement at (a) Key Stage 3, (b) GCSE and (c) A-level for pupils from pupil referral units in each academic year since 1997. - Includes tables.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent programmes have been initiated by his Department to (a) promote early detection of specific ophthalmic conditions in children and (b) monitor their visual development; and what evaluation has been carried out as to the benefits of such programmes;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent programmes have been initiated by his Department to (a) promote early detection of specific ophthalmic conditions in children and (b) monitor their visual development; and what evaluation has been carried out as to the benefits of such programmes;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance has been issued to local education authorities on the undertaking of tests to determine whether a school pupil is dyslexic; what his policy is on (a) updating assessments of children who have previously been assessed as dyslexic and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what guidance has been issued to local education authorities on the undertaking of tests to determine whether a school pupil is dyslexic; what his policy is on (a) updating assessments of children who have previously been assessed as dyslexic and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research has been undertaken by her to examine the quality and consistency of marking in public examinations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what research has been undertaken by her to examine the quality and consistency of marking in public examinations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to make provision for a GCSE in performing arts and related disciplines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what plans she has to make provision for a GCSE in performing arts and related disciplines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints she has received in 2002 about falsification or cheating in SATs or public examinations in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many complaints she has received in 2002 about falsification or cheating in SATs or public examinations in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy to require children to declare that they have received parental support on the cover sheet of public examinations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if she will make it her policy to require children to declare that they have received parental support on the cover sheet of public examinations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what number and percentage of pupils were allowed additional time for completion of KS2 tests in 2002 because of special needs or EAL needs for each LEA. - The informtion requested is contained in tables copies of which I have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what number and percentage of pupils were allowed additional time for completion of KS2 tests in 2002 because of special needs or EAL needs for each LEA. - The informtion requested is contained in tables copies of which I have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils were omitted from the calculation of the LEA average in KS2 performance tables in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001 because they met the criteria of having English as an additional language, being new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many and what percentage of pupils were omitted from the calculation of the LEA average in KS2 performance tables in (a) 2000 and (b) 2001 because they met the criteria of having English as an additional language, being new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consideration she has given to investigating the effects on primary schools' performance statistics resulting from children who have been registered for year 6 SATS but are subsequently unable to sit them through illness or unauthorised absence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what consideration she has given to investigating the effects on primary schools' performance statistics resulting from children who have been registered for year 6 SATS but are subsequently unable to sit them through illness or unauthorised absence.