Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what findings and observations they received from the serious case review about the conduct of the court in placing Ellie Butler with her father; and what action they have taken in response to those findings.

The serious case review provides a detailed chronology and an independent analysis of the circumstances of this tragic case. Since publication, officials from the Department for Education and the Ministry of Justice have met Sutton local authority to discuss issues arising from the case.