Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Monday 25th June 2018

(6 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nadhim Zahawi Portrait Nadhim Zahawi
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There is some great work taking place in children’s social care across the country. Money, of course, is a consideration, but good leadership, and strong and confident teams are making a huge difference. Across government, as has been mentioned, we are spending £1.4 billion on the troubled families programme.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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What steps are the Government taking to encourage innovation in children’s social care?

Nadhim Zahawi Portrait Nadhim Zahawi
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I am grateful for that question. We have two programmes: first, the What Works programme in children’s social care and, secondly, a £200 million innovation programme to look at what really works and then scale it up.