[PDF] Top 20 House of Commons Library: Briefing paper: Number 8110, 17th October 2017: 2017 UK Youth Parliament

... sheer number means that I start from a position of caution…Some of those proposals are niche, to say the least, but when made they all have a strong and persuasive argument behind them, with support from a strong ... See full document

... Not adjusting for seasonal effects, 157,100 people aged 18-24 were claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance or were claiming Universal Credit and required to seek work in July 2017. This is 2,200 fewer than a year ago. ... See full document

... One such attempt is a major annual research project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which estimates Minimum Income Standards (MIS) for different household types in the UK. The research involves in-depth ... See full document

... What is more, the cost of defined benefit pensions currently in payment ultimately falls to younger workers, as firms spend money keeping schemes solvent: At the same time, the cost of servicing rapidly increasing DB ... See full document

... of Parliament in support of their parliamentary ...general briefing only and should not be relied on as a substitute for specific ...The House of Commons or the author(s) shall not be liable ... See full document

... the UK. In the short term, reports of a sharp increase in the number of hate crimes towards ethnic minority groups are a cause for concern and require immediate ... See full document

... Westminster Academy. 3 Further details were set out in the schools white paper, The Importance of Teaching, published in November 2010: 4.21 In most European countries school students are expected to pursue a ... See full document

... Westminster Academy. 3 Further details were set out in the schools white paper, The Importance of Teaching, published in November 2010: 4.21 In most European countries school students are expected to pursue a ... See full document

... of Parliament in support of their parliamentary ...general briefing only and should not be relied on as a substitute for specific ...The House of Commons or the author(s) shall not be liable ... See full document

... “consider how we can ensure that the taxation of different ways of working is fair between different individuals doing essentially the same work, and sustains the tax base as the economy undergoes rapid change.” 7 The ... See full document

... Agencies that specialise in temporary workers usually retain the temporary agency worker on their payroll. Therefore these companies can have payrolls over the £3million threshold despite small number of staff ... See full document

... The Committee strongly discouraged the notion that local authority home education teams should be given a more overt safeguarding role. 58 Removal of the home education provisions from the Bill The Children’s Schools and ... See full document

... response were debated in the House of Lords on 18 March 2014. Responding to the debate on behalf of the Government, Lord Bates said: Let me try to deal with the point relating to school sport, as that is something ... See full document

... 1. The School System in England This briefing offers a short introduction to the types of state-funded schools in England and how they differ from each other. Schools policy is a devolved area, and different ... See full document

... of Parliament in support of their parliamentary ...general briefing only and should not be relied on as a substitute for specific ...The House of Commons or the author(s) shall not be liable ... See full document

... the number of good school places by lifting the restrictions on selection, but at the same time requiring selective schools to play a greater role in raising standards at other ... See full document

... the number of places have dramatically reduced” 57 It also contended that the Government’s emphasis on integration had “not translated into a coherent strategy for ESOL provision in England” and that ESOL policy ... See full document

... January 2017, Schools Week used data released by the DfE in response to a freedom of information request to compile a league table comparing the performance of RSCs against their KPIs for their first year in ... See full document

... March 2017 Budget announced that the number of programme hours for 16-19 year olds on technical education routes would be increased to “over 900 years on ... See full document

... the number of comprehensives and a very clear decline in the number of grammar schools came from 1965 when circular 10/65 was issued by the Ministry of Education encouraging local education authorities to ... See full document