Children: Care Homes
Commons · Question 64487 · Tabled 2 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory prison sentences for people operating unregulated care homes for children.
Answer
Answered by Janet Daby, 10 Jul 2025
This government is clear that all providers of children’s social care accommodation such as children’s homes should register with Ofsted as per the Care Standards Act (CSA) 2000.Ofsted has existing powers to prosecute persons carrying on a children’s home...