Question follow-through · 3737
Social Workers: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate has she made of the number of social workers unable to practice whilst awaiting the conclusion of fitness to practice proceedings by Social Work England.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate has she made of the number of social workers unable to practice whilst awaiting the conclusion of fitness to practice proceedings by Social Work England.
5 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2024
Answer published
As set out in Social Work England’s board report dated 19 July 2024, the current median time to conclude a fitness to practise case is 128 weeks and the maximum time is 319 weeks.The department and Social Work England have taken several steps to reduce pr...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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