Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 64487

Children: Care Homes

Tabled: 2 July 2025
Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory prison sentences for people operating unregulated care homes for children.

Answer

Janet Daby
This government is clear that all providers of children’s social care accommodation such as children’s homes should register with Ofsted as per the Care Standards Act (CSA) 2000.Ofsted has existing powers to prosecute persons carrying on a children’s home...
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