Written questions

Social Services: Cooperatives

Commons · Question 9634 · Tabled 15 Jun 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has made of the use of care cooperatives in the delivery of social care to displace the for profit sector.

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 23 Jun 2026

Regional Care Cooperatives (RCCs) are part of a package of measures we are introducing to rebalance the children’s social care placements market, improve regulation and commissioning of placements, shine a light on the level of profit being made and bring...