Question follow-through · 27360
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people have remained in a children's home beyond the age of 18 under Ofsted's special circumstances provision in each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people have remained in a children's home beyond the age of 18 under Ofsted's special circumstances provision in each of the last five years.
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Care Standards Act 2000 sets out that children’s homes must be wholly or mainly for children. This means that most of the people who live or stay at a children’s home must be children and young adults aged 18 and above who live or stay at the home mus...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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