Results 1-20 of 48 for in the 'Written Answers' speaker:Baroness Walmsley

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: Children's Commissioner (5 Oct 2009)

Baroness Walmsley: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the post of Children's Commissioner for England is compliant with the United Nations principles relating to the status and functioning of national institutions for protection and promotion of human rights (the Paris principles).

Written Answers — House of Lords: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (5 Oct 2009)

Baroness Walmsley: To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to adopting a comprehensive plan of action for implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (a) in England, and (b) across the United Kingdom.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Quangos (5 Oct 2009)

Baroness Walmsley: To ask Her Majesty's Government what instructions have been given to chief executives of quangos regarding their communications with opposition parties in the run-up to a general election.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: ASBOs (21 Jul 2009)

Baroness Walmsley: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to conduct an independent review of the application of anti-social behaviour orders to children.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Schools: Teachers (4 Jun 2009)

Baroness Walmsley: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of volunteers in providing one-to-one reading support in primary schools. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether only trained teachers are used to provide intensive one-to-one literacy support in primary schools; and what are the cost implications of the sole use of trained teachers.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill (2 Jun 2009)

Baroness Walmsley: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many officials have been involved in the preparation of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill; and what was the cost of preparing the Bill up to the date of its First Reading in the House of Lords.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Schools: Volunteers (1 Jun 2009)

Baroness Walmsley: To ask Her Majesty's Government what support exists for primary school children struggling with reading who are not eligible for intensive one-to-one support by a trained teacher.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Schools: Shropshire (10 Oct 2008)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: Why they gave Shropshire County Council an extension of one month to put in its capital resources bid for primary schools.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Schools: Shropshire (10 Oct 2008)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the quality of local consultation regarding Shropshire County Council's capital resources bid for primary schools; and whether the process of policy development which underpinned the capital bid was properly carried out.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: UNCRC Observations (29 Sep 2008)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: How they plan to disseminate the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations to (a) children, (b) parents, (c) the children's workforce, and (d) within government; and How they will ensure information is disseminated on the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child's concluding observations to children in...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: Commissioner and UN Convention (25 Jun 2008)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Children's Views and Interests Team in the Department for Children, Schools and Families became the Children's Commissioner Sponsorship and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Team; and What are the functions of the Children's Commissioner Sponsorship and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Team; and whether any of...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Schools: Training (28 Jan 2008)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether funding letters for (a) the Training and Development Agency for Schools; (b) the General Teaching Council for England; (c) the School Teachers Review Body; (d) the National College for School Leadership; and (e) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority contained provisions specifically relating to increasing the knowledge base and skills of the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Schools: Academies (16 Jul 2007)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: With reference to academy schools founded in 2002, 2003 and 2004, how many pupils were entitled to free school meals in the year in which the academy was founded and in each year to date; and how many pupils had free school meals in the predecessor schools in each of the five years preceding the year in which they became an academy.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Schools: Commissioner (20 Mar 2007)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 21 February (WA 266), what are the annual objectives agreed with the Schools Commissioner.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: Protection (19 Mar 2007)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: What guidance the Secretary of State for Education and Skills has issued to local authorities on Section 53 of the Children Act 2004, and the new duty on social workers to ascertain and give due consideration to the child's wishes and feelings in child protection inquiries and children needing assessments; and How the Secretary of State for Education and Skills...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: Rights (28 Feb 2007)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will issue for consultation the United Kingdom's draft periodic report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: Rights (28 Feb 2007)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: What is in their response to the latest state of children's rights in England report from the Children's Rights Alliance for England.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: UN Conventions (28 Feb 2007)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: Which Minister has lead responsibility for ensuring that the United Kingdom complies with the Convention on the Rights of the Child; and whether that responsibility is listed in that Minister's portfolio; and Who will be responsible for co-ordinating government action on any recommendations made by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: UN Conventions (28 Feb 2007)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Sub-Committee on Children's Policy of the Ministerial Committee on Domestic Affairs had discussions relating to (a) the United Kingdom's obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and (b) the recommendations relating to the United Kingdom made by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2002.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: UN Conventions (28 Feb 2007)

Baroness Walmsley: asked Her Majesty's Government: What consideration is being given in the current Comprehensive Spending Review to the United Kingdom's obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in particular the recommendations in 2002 of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.