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 DabyThis 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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