Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the independent report entitled the independent review of children’s social care: final report, published 23 May 2022, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of that report's recommendations.

Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.

On 2 February 2023, the department published the consultation and implementation strategy: Stable Homes, Built on Love, which sets out how we will achieve broad, system-wide transformation.

Ireland is not affected by the proposed reforms in Stable Homes, Built on Love, although the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) report contained recommendations for England, Scotland, and Wales. Throughout delivery, we will continue to engage with the devolved administrations across relevant reform areas.