Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what policy and legislative proposals his Department has actioned as a result of the work of the Children's Commissioner since 2014.

We highly value the Children’s Commissioner’s input into the policy and legislative making process and regularly engage with the Commissioner and her office to ensure that the views and interests of children are taken into consideration. A recent example would be the creation of the Children and Social Work Act (2017), where the Commissioner promoted the views and experiences of young people during the development of the Act. The Children’s Commissioner is also a member of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Action Group that is run by the department in conjunction with the Children’s Rights Alliance for England. The department is working with this group to put in place a children’s rights training package and children’s rights impact assessment for civil servants. The department continues to work closely with the Commissioner and her office, who provide an essential contribution to the work of the department.