Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent reviewing officers (a) are currently employed and (b) were employed in 2010 in each local authority as headcount and full-time equivalents.

The information requested is not available as we do not collect data which would allow us to identify the number of independent reviewing officers. As social workers, independent reviewing officers will be included among the children’s social work workforce collection for child and family social workers. However, this collection does not identify the number of child and family social workers that are carrying out the role of an independent reviewing officer.