Question follow-through · 28664
Children in Care: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the findings of the investigation by the Guardian and Bureau of Investigative Journalism, published on 8 September 2026, that local authorities spent more than £250 million on ap
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the findings of the investigation by the Guardian and Bureau of Investigative Journalism, published on 8 September 2026, that local authorities spent more than £250 million on ap
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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15 Sept 2026
Answer published
Unregistered settings are illegal and may pose a significant risk to children, with no assurance about children’s safety, the staff or the environment. This is why the department is taking a number of measures to eliminate the use of such placements by lo...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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