The government has ended its intervention in an 'inadequate' children's services on the recommendation of its appointed commissioner after he found it had improved.
The Department for Education (DfE) lifted Hull council's statutory direction, replacing it with a non-statutory improvement notice, under which it will continue to track the Yorkshire authority's progress.
In a letter to Hull's chief executive, Matt Jukes, this week, children's minister Brendan Clarke-Smith said commissioner Paul Moffat had identified improvements in a report in January and found this had continued over the subsequent six months.
As a result, Moffat had recommended the DfE remove him as commissioner and end the requirement for the council to work with a government-appointed troubleshooter, which Clarke-Smith accepted.
