Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 16647

Children: Social Services

Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 15 July 2026

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

ConservativeFylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a cap on profits on the availability of children's social care placements.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
Profiteering from vulnerable children in care is absolutely unacceptable and we are taking action to stamp out profiteering in the children’s social care placement market.Through our package of measures, we are rebalancing the placements market, improving...

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