Question follow-through · 106534

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle regional variations in disabled children’s social care in the context of the publication of the Law Commission’s report on 16 September 2025.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
21 Jan 2026
Answer
27 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle regional variations in disabled children’s social care in the context of the publication of the Law Commission’s report on 16 September 2025.

  2. 21 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Law Commission published its final report on 16 September 2025 following a department commissioned review in April 2023 of the legal framework for disabled children’s social care.The report makes 40 recommendations, which we are now considering, with ...

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