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This section provides details of research and wide range of other reports that impact on children and young people.

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Britain's lost talent?, 09/02/10 [W]

This report from the Prince’s Trust focuses on the undiscovered talents of young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEETs), as well as the barriers they face in trying to find work.

How can parents escape from recurrent poverty?, 09/02/2010 [W/E/NI/S]

This Joseph Rowntree Foundation study explores why disadvantaged parents move into poverty and identifies the specific barriers to them escaping the cycle of low pay/no pay or recurrent poverty.

Lone Parent Obligations A review of recent evidence on the work-related requirements within the benefit systems of different countries, 02/02/10 [W]

This review of literature, published by the Department for Work and Pensions, is the first phase of the Lone Parent Obligations evaluation.

National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Transport) Order 2010 Committee Report, 02/02/10 [W]

The National Assembly for Wales’ Legislation Committee No 3 has published its report on the National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Transport) Order 2010.

Children in Alternative Care – National Surveys, 02/02/10 [W/E/NI/S]

Eurochild has launched its trans-European survey on children in alternative care which covers 26 EU Member States, including a section on Wales.

Measuring Severe Child Poverty in the UK, 01/02/10 [W]

Save the Children has released a report which reveals that 1.7 million children across the UK live in severe poverty – around 13% of all UK children.

Tackling Child Poverty and Disadvantage in Schools, Estyn, January 2010 [W]

Estyn has published this report looking at how schools are tackling child poverty and disadvantage.

Education today: The OECD perspective, 20/01/10 [W/E/NI/S]

This report brings together work undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on various aspects of education.

Unleashing Aspiration: The Government's Response to the Final Report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Professions, 18/01/10 [W]

The UK Government has published its response to the final report of the Panel on Fair Access to the Professions.

Children and families experiencing domestic violence: Police and children’s social services’ responses, 14/01/10 [W/E]

The NSPCC has published a research report on the police and children’s social services’ responses to children and families experiencing domestic violence.

Devolution’s impact on low-income people and places, 13/01/10 [W/E/NI/S]

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published research on the impact of devolution on the most disadvantaged people and places which shows that despite falling poverty and improving employment levels in the devolved countries, most significant progress has been down to reserved (UK) powers.

Child Maintenance Survey, 11/01/10 [W/E/S]

According to a survey for the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, children could be missing out because too many parents don’t know how to sort out child maintenance after separation.

Analysis of tax and benefit changes affecting families with children, 11/01/10 [W/E/NI/S]

This paper by the Institute for Fiscal Studies compares three policies that have been recently suggested which would change the way that families with children are treated by the tax and benefit system.

The Prince's Trust YouGov Youth Index 2010, 07/01/10 [W/E/NI/S]

The Prince’s Trust YouGov Youth Index reveals that those out of work are significantly less happy with their health, friendships and family life than those in work.

Time Trends in Adolescent Well-being: Update 2009, 07/01/10 [W/E/NI/S]

Research undertaken for the Nuffield Foundation has found that the overall level of teenage mental health problems is no longer on the increase and may even be in decline.

All-Wales Survey of Bullying in Schools, 07/01/10 [W]

This document gives a brief summary of some of the key findings from the first all-Wales survey of bullying in schools which took place in the summer of 2009.

6th Injury Prevention Newsletter Available, 05/01/10 [W/E/S/NI]

Injury Prevention News is the joint electronic newsletter of the Injury Observatory for Britain and Ireland and the Collaboration for Accident Prevention and Injury Control.

Children and Young People in Custody 2008-2009, 09/12/09 [W/E]

HM Inspectorate of Prisons and the Youth Justice Board have published the fifth report of the experiences of children and young people in prison custody.

Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales Annual Report 2008-2009, 09/12/09 [W]

The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales has published its annual report for 2008/09.

Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2009, 03/12/09 [W/E/NI/S]

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the New Policy Institute have published their annual report on the state of poverty and social exclusion in the United Kingdom.

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