Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria is being applied to the selection of a chair for the Care Review, announced in December 2019.

The review of children’s social care will be broad and bold and take a fundamental look across children’s social care, with the aim of better supporting, protecting and improving the outcomes of vulnerable children and young people. The urgent local and national response to COVID-19 has delayed launching the review, but we are making preparations to launch as soon as possible and will set out further details at that point.