Meg Munn – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Meg Munn on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to develop pilot projects of his proposals to allow further delegation of children’s social care functions.

Mr Edward Timpson

Responses to the consultation on further delegation of children’s social care functions are currently being considered. Local authorities will be able to apply to the Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme for support to make use of any new freedoms introduced, and the impact of activities funded through the programme will be robustly evaluated.