Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing)

Organisations: Department for Education

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

• special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including high needs funding
• alternative provision
• children’s social care
• children in care, children in need and child protection
• adoption and care leavers
• early years and childcare
• family hubs and early childhood support
• disadvantaged and vulnerable children
• children and young people’s mental health
• policy to protect against serious violence
• freedom of speech in education
• online safety and preventing bullying in schools

Previous holders of this role

1. David Johnston OBE

   2023 to 2024

2. The Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP

   2022 to 2023

Announcements

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• Support strengthened for children with SEND
  • 19 January 2024
  • Press release
• England's first ever kinship care strategy launches
  • 15 December 2023
  • Press release
• Investment in childcare boosted by new resources and online tools
  • 27 October 2023
  • Press release
• Government continues children's social care reform
  • 25 October 2023
  • Press release
• Children's social care reform accelerates with more support for care leavers
  • 21 September 2023
  • Press release
• Childcare settings receive cash boost as funding rates increase
  • 01 September 2023
  • Press release
• More support for children with special educational needs
  • 23 August 2023
  • Press release
• Minister urges social landlords to open the door to childminders
  • 21 August 2023
  • News story
• Transformation to children's social care to put families first
  • 26 July 2023
  • Press release
• Funding plan revealed for free childcare from 9 months old
  • 21 July 2023
  • Press release

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