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Children in Care: Education

Asked by Amanda MartinLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 16 September 2024UIN 4573

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve educational outcomes for (a) children in social care and (b) other care-experienced young people.

Answered by Janet Daby

This government will champion the ambitions of all children and ensure that background is not a barrier to success. In the department’s Children’s Wellbeing Bill, we will set out our plans to raise standards for all children in social care and will ensure that they are supported to thrive.

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