Further Education: Children in Care
Commons · Question 24063 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward proposals to finalise the care placements for children in care to align with applications to post-16 education.
Answer
Answered by Janet Daby, 28 Jan 2025
The department recognises the critical importance of continuity and stability throughout a looked after child’s life. Under the ‘Care planning, placement and case review’ guidance and regulations, the child’s allocated social worker should do everything p...