Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effects of proposals for further delegation of children's social care functions on the implementation of the recommendations of the Munro Review of child protection.

The Government is considering the outcome of its consultation on proposals to enable local authorities to delegate children's social care functions to third parties, to help broaden the range of approaches available to secure the best outcomes for children in their area. The proposals place no obligations on local authorities and do not remove their responsibility for ensuring their statutory obligations on child protection and children's social care are met.