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Care Homes: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review licensing arrangements for children's homes in densely populated residential areas.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
10 Sept 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review licensing arrangements for children's homes in densely populated residential areas.

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    It is essential that there are enough children’s homes for those vulnerable children who need residential care, and that these homes are in the areas children live so they can stay as part of their wider communities. All homes must register with Ofsted an...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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