Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 25583

Children in Care

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 29 January 2025

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority is responsible for children's care when they are relocated to a privately run children's home by a local authority.

Answer

Janet Daby
The local authority which has responsibility to provide services for a looked after child will be the authority within which the child is when the responsibility arises, for example when they are subject to a Section 20 or Care Order. This duty remains in...

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