{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/772135.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":772135,"attributes":{"action":"Review accountability & evidence standards in children’s social care","background":"Launch a review into children’s social care services in England which includes looking into strengthening evidence standards for decisions affecting families, improved independent review rights and correction processes for inaccurate records.","additional_details":"Social services make life-changing decisions for children & families. We feel stronger safeguards are needed to ensure professional opinion & working hypotheses are not treated as established fact without appropriate evidence, transparency & opportunities for fair review.\r\n \r\nWe call for clearer recording standards, stronger evidence requirements, independent review rights, improved processes to challenge and correct inaccurate records, formal written accountability for significant decisions and records, and greater accountability while maintaining effective safeguarding.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":118,"closing_date":"2027-01-16","created_at":"2026-06-08T20:12:02.795Z","updated_at":"2026-07-20T11:23:30.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-07-16T12:14:55.170Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-06-08T20:38:50.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Kiera O’Mahony","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DfE","name":"Department for Education","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"Spain","code":"ES","signature_count":1},{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":117}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Ashfield","ons_code":"E14001068","mp":"Lee Anderson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Banbury","ons_code":"E14001072","mp":"Sean Woodcock MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bicester and Woodstock","ons_code":"E14001090","mp":"Calum Miller MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Blackpool North and Fleetwood","ons_code":"E14001104","mp":"Lorraine Beavers MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Blackpool South","ons_code":"E14001105","mp":"Chris Webb MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bolsover","ons_code":"E14001109","mp":"Natalie Fleet MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Bournemouth East","ons_code":"E14001115","mp":"Tom Hayes MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Braintree","ons_code":"E14001121","mp":"Rt Hon Sir James Cleverly MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brent East","ons_code":"E14001122","mp":"Dawn Butler MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brent West","ons_code":"E14001123","mp":"Barry Gardiner MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brentford and Isleworth","ons_code":"E14001124","mp":"Ruth Cadbury MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Bridgwater","ons_code":"E14001126","mp":"Sir Ashley Fox MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bridlington and The Wolds","ons_code":"E14001127","mp":"Charlie Dewhirst MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brigg and Immingham","ons_code":"E14001128","mp":"Martin Vickers MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven","ons_code":"E14001129","mp":"Chris Ward MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Brighton Pavilion","ons_code":"E14001130","mp":"Siân Berry MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bristol Central","ons_code":"E14001131","mp":"Carla Denyer MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bristol South","ons_code":"E14001135","mp":"Karin Smyth MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bromley and Biggin Hill","ons_code":"E14001137","mp":"Peter Fortune MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Broxbourne","ons_code":"E14001139","mp":"Lewis Cocking MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Castle Point","ons_code":"E14001154","mp":"Rebecca Harris MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cheadle","ons_code":"E14001158","mp":"Tom Morrison MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chesterfield","ons_code":"E14001165","mp":"Mr Toby Perkins MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chippenham","ons_code":"E14001168","mp":"Sarah Gibson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chipping Barnet","ons_code":"E14001169","mp":"Dan Tomlinson MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Chorley","ons_code":"E14001170","mp":"Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Christchurch","ons_code":"E14001171","mp":"Sir Christopher Chope MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Congleton","ons_code":"E14001178","mp":"Sarah Russell MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Croydon West","ons_code":"E14001188","mp":"Sarah Jones MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Daventry","ons_code":"E14001192","mp":"Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Didcot and Wantage","ons_code":"E14001197","mp":"Olly Glover MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dover and Deal","ons_code":"E14001202","mp":"Mike Tapp MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dulwich and West Norwood","ons_code":"E14001205","mp":"Helen Hayes MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Easington","ons_code":"E14001211","mp":"Grahame Morris MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001217","mp":"Danny Kruger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Eastleigh","ons_code":"E14001220","mp":"Liz Jarvis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ellesmere Port and Bromborough","ons_code":"E14001222","mp":"Justin Madders MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Epping Forest","ons_code":"E14001226","mp":"Dr Neil Hudson MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Fareham and Waterlooville","ons_code":"E14001233","mp":"Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Gillingham and Rainham","ons_code":"E14001246","mp":"Naushabah Khan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hammersmith and Chiswick","ons_code":"E14001264","mp":"Andy Slaughter MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hartlepool","ons_code":"E14001272","mp":"Mr Jonathan Brash MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Havant","ons_code":"E14001275","mp":"Alan Mak MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Herne Bay and Sandwich","ons_code":"E14001282","mp":"Rt Hon Sir Roger Gale MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hexham","ons_code":"E14001285","mp":"Joe Morris MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Heywood and Middleton North","ons_code":"E14001286","mp":"Mrs Elsie Blundell MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hornchurch and Upminster","ons_code":"E14001292","mp":"Julia Lopez MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Horsham","ons_code":"E14001294","mp":"John Milne MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Kingswinford and South Staffordshire","ons_code":"E14001316","mp":"Mike Wood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Leeds North East","ons_code":"E14001321","mp":"Fabian Hamilton MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Leeds North West","ons_code":"E14001322","mp":"Katie White MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Luton North","ons_code":"E14001345","mp":"Sarah Owen MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Luton South and South Bedfordshire","ons_code":"E14001346","mp":"Rachel Hopkins MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Mid Bedfordshire","ons_code":"E14001359","mp":"Blake Stephenson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Mid Cheshire","ons_code":"E14001361","mp":"Andrew Cooper MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Mid Dorset and North Poole","ons_code":"E14001363","mp":"Vikki Slade MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Newcastle-under-Lyme","ons_code":"E14001380","mp":"Adam Jogee MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North Cotswolds","ons_code":"E14001386","mp":"Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North East Derbyshire","ons_code":"E14001391","mp":"Louise Sandher-Jones MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North East Hampshire","ons_code":"E14001392","mp":"Alex Brewer MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North Shropshire","ons_code":"E14001398","mp":"Helen Morgan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Norwich South","ons_code":"E14001409","mp":"Clive Lewis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Nottingham North and Kimberley","ons_code":"E14001411","mp":"Alex Norris MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Orpington","ons_code":"E14001417","mp":"Gareth Bacon MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Oxford East","ons_code":"E14001419","mp":"Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP","signature_count":5},{"name":"Oxford West and Abingdon","ons_code":"E14001420","mp":"Layla Moran MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Pendle and Clitheroe","ons_code":"E14001422","mp":"Jonathan Hinder MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Peterborough","ons_code":"E14001425","mp":"Andrew Pakes MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Rochester and Strood","ons_code":"E14001447","mp":"Lauren Edwards MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Scarborough and Whitby","ons_code":"E14001461","mp":"Alison Hume MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough","ons_code":"E14001466","mp":"Gill Furniss MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Shipley","ons_code":"E14001472","mp":"Anna Dixon MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Shrewsbury","ons_code":"E14001473","mp":"Julia Buckley MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South East Cornwall","ons_code":"E14001486","mp":"Anna Gelderd MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South Shropshire","ons_code":"E14001493","mp":"Stuart Anderson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stalybridge and Hyde","ons_code":"E14001515","mp":"Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stevenage","ons_code":"E14001516","mp":"Kevin Bonavia MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stourbridge","ons_code":"E14001524","mp":"Cat Eccles MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stretford and Urmston","ons_code":"E14001528","mp":"Andrew Western MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Swindon North","ons_code":"E14001536","mp":"Will Stone MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Tamworth","ons_code":"E14001538","mp":"Sarah Edwards MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Taunton and Wellington","ons_code":"E14001540","mp":"Gideon Amos MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Tewkesbury","ons_code":"E14001542","mp":"Cameron Thomas MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Torbay","ons_code":"E14001551","mp":"Steve Darling MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Tottenham","ons_code":"E14001553","mp":"Rt Hon David Lammy MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Watford","ons_code":"E14001568","mp":"Matt Turmaine MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"West Lancashire","ons_code":"E14001577","mp":"Ashley Dalton MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"West Suffolk","ons_code":"E14001578","mp":"Nick Timothy MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"West Worcestershire","ons_code":"E14001579","mp":"Dame Harriett Baldwin MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Wokingham","ons_code":"E14001593","mp":"Clive Jones MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Belfast North","ons_code":"N05000002","mp":"John Finucane MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"North Antrim","ons_code":"N05000012","mp":"Jim Allister KC MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey","ons_code":"S14000098","mp":"Graham Leadbitter MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Aberafan Maesteg","ons_code":"W07000081","mp":"Stephen Kinnock MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ceredigion Preseli","ons_code":"W07000093","mp":"Ben Lake MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dwyfor Meirionnydd","ons_code":"W07000096","mp":"Rt Hon Liz Saville Roberts MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Llanelli","ons_code":"W07000098","mp":"Dame Nia Griffith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Monmouthshire","ons_code":"W07000101","mp":"Catherine Fookes MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Swansea West","ons_code":"W07000108","mp":"Torsten Bell MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Vale of Glamorgan","ons_code":"W07000110","mp":"Kanishka Narayan MP","signature_count":2}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North East","ons_code":"A","signature_count":3},{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":12},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":8},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":7},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":8},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":13},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":14},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":24},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":14},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":8},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":1},{"name":"Northern Ireland","ons_code":"N","signature_count":3}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}