Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff employed by Social Work England (a) have the same terms and conditions of employment as staff employed directly by the Department for Education and (b) are able to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
Staff employed by Social Work England:
(a) have different terms and conditions of employment from staff employed by the Department; and
(b) are not currently able to join the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme.