Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 107332

Children: Care Homes

Tabled: 20 January 2026
Answered: 28 January 2026

Question

Sarah Pochin

Reform UKRuncorn and Helsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce a mandatory registration of staff working in children's homes.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The government set out its position regarding professional registration of the children’s homes workforce in its ’Tackling child sexual abuse: progress update’, published on GOV.UK in April 2025 here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-ch...

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