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Consultations
WAG: The Welsh Government is reminding interested parties that time is running out to respond to consultations on its Collections, Infrastructure and Markets and Food Manufacture, Service and Retail sector plans for waste. The Collections, Infrastructure & Markets consultation closes 10 June 2011; the Food Manufacture, Service and Retail consultation closes 22 June 2011.
Press release ~ Collections, Infrastructure & Markets Sector Plan for Consultation March 2011 ~ Food Manufacture, Service & Retail Sector Plan
Ofsted: Ofsted has launched a consultation (closes on 31 August 2011) on its proposals for inspection of adoption & fostering agencies. The proposed changes reflect the new national minimum standards and statutory guidance introduced by the government in April 2011. The results from the consultation & a series of pilot inspections will inform & shape the new inspection frameworks which will come into force on April 2012.
Inspection will continue to make sure that adoption & fostering agencies comply with regulatory requirements, but it will have an increased focus on the quality of services and the difference these make to children’s lives in supporting them to grow up in secure and loving families. The consultation for inspection of adoption & fostering agencies runs until and key findings will be published at the end of the year.
