Working with children,for children
NCB and associated fora and councils regularly respond to government consultations. You can find a list of open consultations relating to children and young people here and a list of NCB, coalition and fora responses below.
Latest consultation responses:
Proposed changes to the role of the local authority in early education and childcare (Department for Education) Closed: 6 May 2013 NCB Response Secondary Accountability Measures (Department for Education) Closed: 1 May 2013 Joint NCB and SEC response
Early Years Teacher Standards (Department for Education) Closed: 30 April 2013 NCB response
Criteria for Early Years Educator qualifications (level 3) (Department for Education) Closed: 22nd April 2013 NCB Response
Alcohol and Drug Commissioning Framework for Northern Ireland 2013-16 (Public Health Agency) Closed: 18th April 2013 NCB Northern Ireland Response
Reform of the National Curriculum in England (Department for Education) Closed: 16th April 2013 NCB and Council for Disabled Children Joint Response
Early education and childcare staff deployment Department for Education Closed: 25th March 2013 NCB response Towards a childcare strategy Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister 5th March 2013 NCB Northern Ireland Response
A narrative for person-centred coordinated ('integrated') care NHS Commissioning Board Closed: 28th February 2013 NCB Response
Revised statutory guidance on children missing education for local authorities Department for Education Closed 15th February 2013 NCB Response
Measuring Child Poverty Consultation (HM Government) Closed 15th February 2013 NCB Response
Learning to Learn: A Framework for Early Years Education and Learning (Department of Education, Northern Ireland) Closed 31st January 2013 NCB Northern Ireland Response
St rengthening the NHS Constitution (Department of Health) Closed 28 January 2013 NCB and Council for Disabled Children Joint Response
Inspection of Sure Start Children's Centres (Ofsted) Closed 11 January 2013 NCB response Departmental advice on school attendance matters (Department for Education) Closed December 2012 NCB response
Reforms to Key Stage 4 qualifications (Department for Education) Closed 10 December 2012 NCB and CDC response Young NCB E-Bacc online debate report
Looked-after children and young people: consultation on draft quality standard (NICE) Closed 16 October 2012 NCB response
Extending free early education to more two year olds (Department for Education) Closed 15 October 2012 NCB response
Proposals for the joint inspection of multi-agency arrangements for the protection of children (Ofsted) Closed 2 October 2012 NCB response
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies - draft guidance (Department of Health) Closed 28 September 2012 NCB response [404KB]
Our NHS care objectives: A draft mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board (Department of Health) Closed 26 September 2012 NCB response [292KB]
Co-operative parenting following family separation: Proposed legislation on the involvement of both parents in a child's life (Department for Education) Closed 5 September 2012 Joint Response NCB Response
Revised Safeguarding Statutory Guidance (Department for Education) Closed 4 September 2012 NCB Response
No decision about me, without me: Further consultation on proposals to secure shared decision making (Department of Health) Closed 31 August 2012 NCB and Council for Disabled Children joint response [284KB]
Childcare Commission (Department for Education) Closed 31 August 2012 NCB response [406KB]
Consultation on standardised packaging of tabacco products (Department of Health) Closed 10 August 2012 NCB response [280KB]
Front of Pack Nutrition Labelling (Department of Health) Closed 6 August 2012 Joint response [1.04MB] Consultation on careers guidance for schools, colleges, sixth form colleges and further education institutions (Department for Education) Closed 1 August 2012 NCB response [208KB]
Children's Centre Discussion Paper (Department for Education) Closed 19 July 2012 NCB response [252 KB]
Archived responses can be found here