Last autumn's Children, Schools and Families Select Committee report into the training of children's social workers said that, "investment is needed on a substantial and sustainable scale, not just directly in training, but in frontline service delivery and workforce capacity."
However, in the government's response children's minister Delyth Morgan said "there is already substantial investment being made in social work training and service delivery".
She pointed to latest government figures that show that councils spend in the region of £21bn on social services each year and the Department for Children, Schools and Families is ploughing £130m into a social work recruitment campaign.
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