Question follow-through · 2644
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Ofsted’s reviews of local authority children’s services departments.
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
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Ofsted’s reviews of local authority children’s services departments.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2026
Answer published
Ofsted has a crucial role to play in upholding standards in children’s social care and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services through inspection. In 2024 Ofsted conducted the Big Listen, the biggest consultation in Ofsted’s history. Th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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