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...