Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the LaingBuisson report into the future of children's services in Birmingham; and if so, when.

The Department for Education does intend to publish the LaingBuisson report entitled “The potential for developing the capacity and diversity of children’s social care services in England.” The Department intends to publish the report in due course.

It should be noted that the report considers the potential for developing the capacity and diversity of provision of children’s social care services in England, and is not a report into the future of children’s services in Birmingham.