Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons he has withdrawn his Department's myth-busting guide for local authorities on their obligations on children's care; and what plans he has to issue a revised guide.
The Children’s Social Care myth busting guide was intended to bring clarity to some parts of guidance that had been raised with the department. However, the points raised by Article 39 suggest that the guide did not achieve that. Rather than divert time and resources to litigation we decided to withdraw the guide in its present form pending a full reconsideration of its contents.