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Written question asked by Baroness Barran (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 December 2025. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 December 2025 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Children: Protection

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks of Baroness Smith of Malvern on 22 May (HL Deb col 393) and the publication in July of Families first for children pathfinder: implementation and process evaluation report, when the evaluation of the impact of multi-agency child protection teams will be published.

Answer

The department is running an evaluation of the families first for children pathfinder programme until 2028, with the next publication scheduled for 2027. This report will assess the aggregate impact of the full reform package, which includes multi-agency child protection teams, and will highlight progress on indicators such as multi-agency collaboration, information sharing, and decision making.


Alongside formal evaluation, the department continues to monitor progress and extract learning more broadly, including through data returns, local monitoring and working closely with the ten pathfinder areas.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12093
Session
2024-26
Related items
Subjects
Children Protection
Link
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