Coutinho, who has been MP for East Surrey since 2019, is the ninth person to hold the brief for children’s social care and early years in the last decade and the fourth since September last year.
She replaces Kelly Tolhurst, who held the role of childhood and schools minister for just one month, however, unlike her predecessor, Coutinho will hold no responsibility for schools.
Coutinho, who was appointed as a junior minister at the Department for Education by Education Secretary Gillian Keegan last month, has previously worked as under-secretary of state for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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