Member

On Amendment 164, tabled by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester, the noble Lord, Lord Russell, referred to a postcode lottery. The amendment asks for a consultation on and then publication of a “national care offer”, which would set out the minimum standards of information that local authorities must publish as part of their published local offer for care leavers. Care leavers’ legal entitlements are already set out in the Children Act 1989 and accompanying statutory guidance. The department has also recently launched a nationally accessible website that clearly sets out available support to care leavers.