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Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: I endorse the hon. Gentleman's point. Does he agree that one of the big problems is the confusion of education and child protection? If I am teaching in a school, I am hopefully trained to recognise signs of child abuse and will report it to the appropriate authorities, which will not have to set out to solve it. Is not the problem the attempt to wrap this all into one, instead of being clear...

Bills Presented: Education and Health (19 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: I am very pleased to make a short contribution to the debate, which gives an opportunity to tie health and education issues together. Although a lot of legislation endeavours to do that, I think we are all aware of the huge gaps where children's services and health services are not working together as they should. I should like to speak about access to health services and subsequent outcomes...

Written Answers — Defence: Reserve Forces: Pensions (12 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2009 to Question 298468, in what ways the Reserve Forces Pension Scheme differs from the pension scheme offered to regular armed forces.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Education Maintenance Allowance (12 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will review the terms of the education maintenance allowance to take into account the circumstances of households with triplets in 14 to 19 education.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Family Courts: Guardians (12 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 945W, on family courts: guardians, how many cases the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service has allocated to self-employed guardians in each area in each of the last six months.

Bill Presented: Clause 47 — Provision of education for persons subject to youth detention (11 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: I concur with the Minister's previous comments, in which he congratulated staff, but I would also like to recognise the voluntary sector. When I visited Feltham, I was incredibly impressed with the volunteers working with the young people there.

Bill Presented: Clause 47 — Provision of education for persons subject to youth detention (11 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: We, too, welcome the amendments greatly. The proportion of young people in custody with low standards in literacy and numeracy and—often—with speech impediments has long been known, so it makes sense finally to address the situation. I note the Minister's reference to the United Nations convention on the rights of the child, the 20th anniversary of which is coming up. It might...

Written Answers — Defence: Armed Forces: Pensions (9 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether a retired former regular member of the armed forces who is now a member of the regular reserve force is entitled to additions to the existing pension on completion of additional service.

Written Answers — Transport: Cycling: Accidents (9 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many people aged (a) 16 years and under and (b) over 16 years (i) received serious head injuries and (ii) died as a result of accidents involving bicycles in each year since 2003.

Written Answers — Treasury: Child Care Vouchers (9 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of employees who have taken part in a childcare voucher scheme since the introduction of such schemes; and if he will make it his policy to collect data on employer-supported childcare.

Written Answers — Treasury: Children: Day Care (9 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on employer-supported childcare has been in each year since the scheme's inception.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children: Communication Skills (9 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will take steps to assist more local authorities to implement the recommendations of the Bercow review of services for children and young people with speech, language and communications needs; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Children: Day Care (9 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the annual cost of providing 10 hours of free childcare to 250,000 two year olds; and in which year he expects such provision to commence.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services (5 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent representations he has received on the FiReControl project and its funding; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: Speech Therapy: Manpower (5 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many qualified speech therapists there are per head of population in each primary care trust.

Written Answers — Health: Speech Therapy: Manpower (5 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many speech therapists completed their training in the UK in each of the last five years; and what his Department's latest estimate is of the number of (a) job vacancies in this profession and (b) trained speech therapists.

Written Answers — Justice: Offences Against Children: Prosecutions (4 Nov 2009)

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 25 May 2009, Official Report, column 1145W, on offences against children: convictions, how many people were prosecuted for sexual offences against persons under the age of 18 years in 2008; and how many such prosecutions resulted in a conviction.