It is not yet clear what the function of the newly-created Department for Education will be and which parts of the former DCSF are to be re-located to other departments or scrapped all-together.
YoungMinds director of policy and campaigns Lucie Russell was sceptical about the changes that the new government is making. "Disbanding the DCSF would be a big mistake. Labour put a lot of things in place that work really well, so we would question whether replacing these things and starting all over again would be the best option."
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