Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 44548

Nurseries and Schools: Adoption

Tabled: 7 April 2025
Answered: 22 April 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will introduce trauma training in nurseries and schools to support (a) children in care and (b) children who have been adopted.

Answer

Janet Daby
Children in care and care leavers are significantly more likely to have experienced trauma and have poor mental health. The latest departmental data shows that two thirds of children become looked after due to abuse or neglect, and we know that care-exper...
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