Children’s social care

Inquiry by the Education Committee, 22 November 2024 to 2 February 2026. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

4th Report - Children’s social care (10 July 2025)
5th Special Report - Children’s social care: Government Response (17 October 2025)

Evidence sessions

: Dinithi Wijedasa, Bristol University; June Thoburn CBE, University of East Anglia; Dr Ray Jones, Kingston University
27 February 2024: Dinithi Wijedasa, Bristol University; June Thoburn CBE, University of East Anglia; Dr Ray Jones, Kingston University
27 February 2024: Will McMahon, Care Leavers’ Association; Lynn Perry MBE, Barnardo’s; Katharine Sacks-Jones, Become charity
26 March 2024: John Pearce, Association of Directors of Children’s Services; Roger Gough, County Councils Network; Stuart Ashley, Hampshire County Council
16 April 2024: Lucy Peake, Kinship; Emily Frith, Adoption UK; Sarah Thomas, The Fostering Network
30 April 2024: Stephen Kingdom, Disabled Children’s Partnership; Tina Emory OBE, National Network of Parent Carer Forums; Ms Katie Ghose, Kids
17 December 2024: CoramBAAF; Children’s Homes Association; Innovation Unit; Local Government Association (LGA); National Network of Parent Carer Forums; Sense; Become; British Association of Social Workers England
21 January 2025: Anna Edmundson, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC); Lynn Perry MBE, Barnardo’s; Claire Throssell MBE; Annie Hudson, Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel; Andy Smith, Derby City Council; Mr Rob Williams, National Association of Head Teachers
11 February 2025: Lamar Mohsen; Georgia Sullivan; Louise Fitt; Jake Hartley
11 February 2025: Dan Turnbull, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA); Mrs Denise Rawls, The National Network for the Education of Care Leavers (NNECL); Mr Sam Turner, Kinship; Roger Gough, The County Councils Network (CCN)
18 March 2025: The Department for Education; Department for Education