Conservative MP Robert Halfon raises concerns over the value for money of the Department for Education's flagship social mobility initiative, which targets 12 "social mobility coldspots".
The politician also flags his doubts over the scheme's independence from government, a lack of joined up working across departments, and how its performance is measured.
Each of the areas is receiving £6m by 2020 to boost learning and training opportunities and the inquiry looked at how the scheme was delivering for children and young people from early years to employment.
Among the claimed benefits of the three-year programme, launched in October 2016, is that it helps to develop innovative practices that can be rolled out nationwide.
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