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Written question asked by Helen Hayes (Labour) on Monday, 31 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 November 2016. It was answered by Edward Timpson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 November 2016 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Department for Education: Civil Servants

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants in her Department work primarily on policy and practice for child welfare and family justice; and how many of those civil servants work primarily on (a) adoption and (b) children in care (i) under a care order, (ii) under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 and (iii) kinship care.

Answer

There are currently 203 members of staff working in the Department’s Children’s Social Care Divisions. Within those divisions there are 27 officials working exclusively on policy relating to adoption and family law, and 31 working exclusively on policy relating to looked-after children.

The remaining 145 staff work within the following divisions: Children’s Mental Health; Innovation; Intervention; Child Protection; Social Work Reform; and Special Educational Needs. All these areas work closely, and have accountability for their policy responsibilities with regards to adoption and looked-after children.

It is not possible to identify those that work specifically on the three care settings mentioned by the Hon lady.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
51243
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Children Civil servants Family proceedings Protection Department for Education Kinship care
Legislation
Children Act 1989
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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