Question follow-through · 96165
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the adherence of private children’s homes to notifying the receiving local authority of vulnerable young people being placed in their area.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the adherence of private children’s homes to notifying the receiving local authority of vulnerable young people being placed in their area.
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2025
Answer published
The department does not collect data on this activity. Ofsted conduct checks on compliance with notification processes as part of a home’s inspection, and if issues are found, this may impact their inspection rating.The decision to place a child away from...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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