Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs of 22 June 2023, Official Report, column 929, what the goals of the care leavers strategy are; when he plans to publish the strategy; what engagement he has had with stakeholders; and whether the strategy is distinct from the Government's response to the consultation on Children’s Social Care National Framework announced by the Department for Education on 2 February 2023.

I am proud to be taking on the role of Cross-Government Care Leaver Lead, championing the interests of care leavers across Government, as I have, and continue to do, for veterans across the country.

I shall be working closely with my hon. Friend, the member for East Surrey, to secure improved care leaver outcomes, achieving the missions set out in the Stable Homes, Built on Love implementation strategy.

I will have more to say in due course about our work to improve outcomes for this vulnerable cohort of young people.