Question follow-through · 112120

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out what companies with current Government contracts will be subject to the profit cap as proposed in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
23 Feb 2026
Answer
24 Feb 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out what companies with current Government contracts will be subject to the profit cap as proposed in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

  2. 23 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The profit cap provisions in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill would apply in England to any non-local authority providers of children’s homes or fostering services, and subject to changing secondary legislation, supported accommodation. The gover...

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