Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 25586

Children: Care Homes

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 29 January 2025

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to local authorities is of housing children in privately run children's homes.

Answer

Janet Daby
The department publishes data on local authority expenditure on looked after children. This data is published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure#explore-data-and-files.The department does no...

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