Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the results of the consultation on the Stable Homes, Built on Love: Implementation Strategy.

The department published its bold and ambitious plans to reform children’s social care on 2 February 2023 through ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’, an implementation strategy and consultation.

On 11 May 2023, three consultations closed on our proposals for reform, our draft children’s social care national framework and data dashboard, and our plans for addressing the high use of agency social workers in the workforce.

The department is thankful to the thousands of people who engaged and responded to the consultations, including those with personal experience of the care system, dedicated professionals providing key services, and civil society. A government response to these consultations will be published in due course.