The eagerly awaited blueprint will now not be published until theautumn.
It was being devised by Maria Eagle before she was moved from her postas junior children's minister in the recent Government reshuffle.
It was expected that Eagle's replacement, Pamjit Dhanda, would takecontrol but Children Now can reveal that he has been passed over for thejob in favour of a minister with more experience of the issues.
Hughes revealed that the green paper would be strongly focused oneducation.
She said: "We need to have a big focus on both improving educationgenerally and the stability of the education experience for looked-afterchildren."
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