Question follow-through · 51996
Social Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many social workers there are by gender in each region.
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
- 13 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2025
- Answer
- 28 May 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many social workers there are by gender in each region.
20 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2025
Answer published
Information on child and family social workers, including breakdowns by worker characteristics, is published annually in the Children’s Social Work Workforce Official Statistics release. This can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.servic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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