Question follow-through · 128966
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to consider the recommendations in the Law Commission's 2025 report on disabled children's social care; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of legislativ
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to consider the recommendations in the Law Commission's 2025 report on disabled children's social care; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of legislativ
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 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 sets out 40 recommendations, which we are now considering, a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will have discussions with the PCS trade union over the Department for Education office closures in Exeter.
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14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she are taking to support children with medical conditions in schools.
Members: Correspondence
9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the Hon. Member for Newton Abbot on the email ref 2026-0065504 sent on the 21 of April 2026.
Members: Correspondence
9 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her department plans to respond to the correspondence of 24 April 2026 from the hon. member for Newton Abbot with case ref MW15547.
Childcare: Fees and Charges
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Childcare: Fees and Charges
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has estimated the number of parents who have been found ineligible for the additional funded childcare entitlement solely because they are paid every four weeks rather than monthly.
Social Workers: Complaints
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of response times from Social Work England for complains about social workers.