Written questions

Children in Care: Discrimination

Commons · Question 57646 · Tabled 5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 13 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making care experience a protected characteristic.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 13 Jun 2025

The department is committed to tackling stigma and discrimination faced by care-experienced children and young people. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will introduce corporate parenting responsibilities for government departments and other relev...