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Councillors: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce a requirement for all councillors to complete corporate parenting training covering (a) safeguarding, (b) duties under the Children and Social Work Act 2017 and (c) the responsibi

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
18 Jun 2025
Answer
25 Jun 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce a requirement for all councillors to complete corporate parenting training covering (a) safeguarding, (b) duties under the Children and Social Work Act 2017 and (c) the responsibi

  2. 18 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Guidance on the implementation of corporate parenting duties was published in February 2018 and can be accessed at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a93eb3ae5274a5b87c2fde4/Applying_corporate_parenting_principles_to_looked-after_children_an...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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