Consultations

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