Question follow-through · 49610
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to improve training for disabled children’s social care professionals in local authorities.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 30 May 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to improve training for disabled children’s social care professionals in local authorities.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 May 2025
Answer published
Every day, children’s social care professionals provide a vital service to children in need of support, including disabled children. Whilst it is the employer’s responsibility to ensure that their social care workforces are well-equipped for the roles the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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