Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Lucy Allan Excerpts
Monday 12th November 2018

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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I think it was a good thing that we were able to find hundreds of millions of pounds— £400 million—for additional capital spending in-year, on top of the £1.4 billion in capital already allocated.

Lucy Allan Portrait Lucy Allan (Telford) (Con)
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T6. Statutory child protection interventions are continuing to rise at record levels. What can the Minister do to ensure that such interventions are used only for high-risk cases, and not as an alternative to family support?