Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 25584

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, what steps are taken to inform local (a) doctors and (b) police when children in care are relocated by a local authority to a privately run children's home.

Answer

Janet Daby
Regulation 7 of the ‘The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010’ outlines local authorities’ responsibilities in respect of the health and wellbeing of looked after children. The responsible local authority must ensure looked ...

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