Questions
This a great opportunity for commissioners and those concerned with the commissioning of children's services to put their questions directly to Dawn Primarolo MP. This opportunity is particularly timely in the light of the recently published Children's Trust statutory guidance consultation document.
The consultation document brings together guidance on Children's Trusts and Children and Young People's Plans into one piece of statutory guidance. This promises to be an enormously significant development for everyone commissioning and providing services for children.
http://www.commissioningsupport.org.uk/about-our-programme/programme-news-and-updates/dawn-primarolo.aspx
About Dawn Primarolo
Dawn Primarolo's principal policy areas include leading the cross-Government agenda for children's well-being, safety, protection and care; family policy including parenting support; teenage pregnancy strategy; Sure Start, childcare and early education, the Every Child Matters agenda, and extended schools. Dawn Primarolo has joined the department from the Department of Health where she was the Minister of State for Public Health. Prior to her appointment at the Department of Health, Dawn Primarolo spent ten years at the Treasury; first as Financial Secretary (1997-1999) and subsequently as Paymaster General, responsible for oversight of taxation as a whole.
Born in London in 1954, Dawn Primarolo spent most of her childhood in Crawley, Sussex. She was educated at Thomas Bennett Comprehensive in Crawley, Bristol Polytechnic and Bristol University, where she gained a BA (Hons) degree in Social Science and conducted PhD research into women and housing.
She has lived in Bristol since the late 1970s. After a period as a member of Avon County Council, she was elected as Member of Parliament for Bristol South in 1987.