Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of social service departments in each region of England have been rated (a) inadequate or (b) requires improvement by Ofsted.

The inspection of Local Authority Children’s Social Services by Ofsted is undertaken on a rolling programme. The current proportion of Children’ Social care services found to be inadequate or requiring improvement is shown in the attached table, broken down by region.