Written questions

Care Leavers: Death

Commons · Question 901344 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 14 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Darren Paffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of early deaths of care leavers.

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 14 Sep 2026

I commissioned the Review of Early Care Leaver Deaths because I wanted the whole country to see the tragedies that I read every fortnight. I want to thank Ashley John-Baptiste and Clare Chamberlain for their important work on this review.Their central fin...