Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 121546

Social Workers: Medical Examinations

Tabled: 17 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of Social Work England's proposals for adjudicator consensual disposal as a means of expediting fitness to practise cases.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department is the sponsor department for Social Work England (SWE), the independent regulator, and monitors their performance on an ongoing basis. Funding is provided to SWE annually and is based on the need to deliver against its business plan. SWE r...

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