Children: Social Services

(asked on 2nd September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve the standard of children services provision in Sefton.


Answered by
Kelly Tolhurst Portrait
Kelly Tolhurst
This question was answered on 21st September 2022

A Statutory Direction was issued to Sefton on 24 May 2022 following the 9 May 2022 Ofsted report that judged children’s services to be inadequate. The direction requires the Council to work with a commissioner appointed by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education. In addition, the commissioner is conducting an assessment of the Council’s capacity and capability to improve itself and is in the process of finalising the report for submission to the department on the 30 September and later publication in October 2022. This report will help determine the best next steps to ensure improvements are made for vulnerable children and families.

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