Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 62723

Education: Children in Care

Tabled: 25 June 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the (a) length and (b) frequency of gaps in education for children in care that are the result of placement moves.

Answer

Janet Daby
The department recognises the need to improve the data available about children’s social care, including making it more relevant to the experience of children and young people during periods of change.A core part of this work includes understanding the da...

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