Written questions

Children: Care Homes

Commons · Question 56337 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many warning letters Ofsted has sent to unregistered care settings for children in the last year.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 10 Jun 2025

It is illegal to manage an unregistered setting that should be registered with Ofsted. Unregistered settings pose a risk to children, given there is no assurance about safety.Ofsted can pursue criminal prosecution, and between April 2023 and March 2024, o...