§ 21. Mr. DawsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on progress on improving services for young people leaving local authority care since the publication of "Quality Protects". [77719]
§ Mr. HuttonAll local authorities were required to submit quality protects management action plans to the Department of Health by 31 January. The management646W action plans had to set out, among other information, the local authorities' plans for improving the services for young people leaving care. This is one of the six priority areas for the payment of the £375 million children's social services special grant.
We shall be publishing the findings of our evaluation of the management action plans in a national overview report due out in the summer.