The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children (APPGC) said the inquiry, which will officially launch in mid-September, will be informed by the findings of a survey of the children's social care workforce in England currently being conducted.
Former children's minister Tim Loughton, who chairs the APPGC, said the group is keen to hear directly from social workers about how decisions around threshold levels were made in practice.
He said children's services are under increasing pressure.
"As purse strings tighten, and children's services have to respond to an ever-widening range of challenges, is there a risk we often only help those in most dire need?" he said.
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