Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities (a) are in intervention and (b) have been issued with improvement notices for children's services.

The following local councils are in intervention:

Barnet, Birmingham, Bromley, Buckinghamshire, Croydon, Cumbria, Darlington, Doncaster, Dudley, Gloucestershire, Isle of Wight, Kirklees, Lambeth, Lancashire, Manchester, Norfolk, Reading, Rotherham, Sandwell, Slough, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Sunderland, Surrey, Tameside, Torbay, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, Wirral and Worcestershire.

Of these local authorities in intervention, the following have been issued with improvement notices:

Darlington, Gloucestershire, Lambeth, Lancashire, Manchester, South Gloucestershire, Surrey, Tameside, Wandsworth and Wirral.

The remaining local councils have been issued with statutory directions.