Question follow-through · 22689
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact on local public services of accommodating children placed in residential care from outside the local authority 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
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact on local public services of accommodating children placed in residential care from outside the local authority area.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
The government recognises that out-of-area placements can place additional demands on local public services, including education, health, safeguarding and policing. Care planning and placement guidance recognises that children placed at a distance from th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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