Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the implementation of the multi-agency assessments introduced in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026.

The implementation of multi-agency child protection teams and wider reforms to children’s social care is underpinned by ongoing evaluation. Further interim implementation and process findings are expected this summer, and an impact evaluation report will be released in April 2027, ahead of the multi-agency child protection team regulations coming into force. Findings will consider early impacts on children and families and test underlying assumptions behind our reforms.

Every local area in England is also subject to reporting requirements in line with Families First Partnership programme guidance and grant conditions. This includes data on the set up and delivery of multi-agency child protection teams.