Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help social workers affected by technical issues re-register to retain their right to practice.

Social Work England, the regulator for social workers in England, is confident there were no technical issues with their systems during this registration period.

Social workers in England have a period of 91 days to renew their registration and must ensure they fulfil all the registration criteria by the deadline given to complete it. Those social workers who intended to renew but did not between 1 September and 30 November 2022 can apply to restore their registration.