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Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve early interventions in cases of childhood neglect.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
21 Jan 2026
Answer
21 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve early interventions in cases of childhood neglect.

  2. 21 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The department is driving major children’s social care reforms to strengthen and improve early intervention, including in cases of childhood neglect. These reforms are backed by £2.4 billion investment, robust statutory guidance ‘Working together to safeg...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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