Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing annual spending on children’s services ahead of the next Spending Review.

My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, and his department discuss a range of issues, including children’s services funding with my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as well as the HM Treasury and other government departments on a regular basis.