Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 34476

Tabled: 13 October 2026

Question

Neil Coyle

Labour — Bermondsey and Old Southwark

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on their duties under section 17, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989 to promote the upbringing of children in need by their famil