Question follow-through · 16647

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a cap on profits on the availability of children's social care placements.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
9 Jul 2026
Answer
15 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a cap on profits on the availability of children's social care placements.

  2. 9 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Profiteering from vulnerable children in care is absolutely unacceptable and we are taking action to stamp out profiteering in the children’s social care placement market.Through our package of measures, we are rebalancing the placements market, improving...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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