Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 25583
Children in Care
Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 29 January 2025
Question
Mr Peter Bedford
Conservative — Mid 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 DabyThe 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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