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HANSARD Independent Review of Children’s Social CareI will look very carefully at the review, which has more than 80 recommendations so I am tentative; I am not going to pick some to respond to immediately and some not. We are…23 May 2022HANSARD Independent Review of Children’s Social CareI am pleased to see the improvements made in Stoke-on-Trent. My hon. Friend is absolutely right when he says that the Department for Education and local authorities cannot do this…23 May 2022HANSARD Independent Review of Children’s Social CareI cannot commit to implementing the entire report in full; there are more than 80 recommendations and it is right that we take it away, stress-test it, consider all the aspects of…23 May 2022HANSARD Independent Review of Children’s Social CareI certainly do accept that argument, but it is a case that we all will have to make to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There is a significant spend-to-save argument in the…23 May 2022HANSARD Independent Review of Children’s Social CareI very much welcome my hon. Friend’s contribution, and I thank her sister for what she does as a social worker, as well as all social workers up and down our country. We are…23 May 2022HANSARD Independent Review of Children’s Social CareThe hon. Lady is absolutely right, and if there is one area in which we need less silo working, it is children’s mental health. My remit is broader than just Department for…23 May 2022HANSARDFamily Hubs Transformation FundToday, I am providing an update on the first wave of successful local authorities to be awarded funding through the £12 million Family Hubs Transformation Fund. The Government are…23 May 2022HANSARD Foster CarersI was going to come on to that point, I promise, because it was also made by my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (David Simmonds). I am alive to the CMA…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Foster CarersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. First, let me congratulate the hon. Member for Jarrow (Kate Osborne) on securing a debate on this very important…21 Apr 2022HANSARDHigh Needs Provision Capital AllocationsI am today announcing High Needs Provision Capital Allocations (HNPCA) amounting to over £1.4 billion of new investment. This funding is to support local authorities to deliver…29 Mar 2022HANSARDChildren with No Recourse to Public FundsToday I am providing an update following a programme of work undertaken by my officials to consider access to free school meals and the early education entitlement for…24 Mar 2022HANSARDPhysical EducationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hosie. First, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Eddisbury (Edward Timpson) for securing a debate on this very important…23 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI certainly recognise some of the challenges that the hon. Gentleman references. The special educational needs review will be published in the coming days. He may have questions…14 Mar 2022HANSARDSEND Green PaperThe special educational needs and disability review will be published this month as a Green Paper for full public consultation, so that we can continue to listen. Throughout the…14 Mar 2022HANSARDSEND Green PaperI thank the hon. Lady for her well-put question. She is right: we want to create a less adversarial system in which parents do not have to fight to get the rights to which their…14 Mar 2022HANSARDSEND Green PaperMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Through the spending review and the record £2.6 billion of investment in special school places, that will be delivered.14 Mar 2022HANSARDChildren’s Social CareMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Our family hubs programme is being developed in 75 local authorities, over and above the 12 in which the programme is already being rolled out,…14 Mar 2022HANSARDChildren with SEND: Specialist SupportWe have been conducting a thorough review of the special educational needs and disabilities system, including looking at the specialist support for children and young people to…14 Mar 2022HANSARDChildren with SEND: Specialist SupportWe know that covid-19 has impacted particularly heavily on therapy services and other support services for children and young people with SEND. I know that a number have adjusted…14 Mar 2022HANSARDChildren with SEND: Specialist SupportI thank my right hon. Friend for his question and all the work he does in this area. It is so very important that at the heart of the SEND review, we have early identification and…14 Mar 2022