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House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Children’s Social Care Implementation Strategy

Monday 17 April 2023 · 2 questions

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Answered 0 Partly answered 1 Not answered 0

Key points

  • The minister stated that the children's social care implementation strategy will deliver transformational change.
  • The strategy includes an additional investment of 200 million to support wider reform.
  • The minister acknowledged that 34 children aged 16 and over in care have died in unregulated accommodation.
  • The government is working to regulate accommodation and ensure quality care for vulnerable children.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Emma Lewell Lab South Shields
Social Care Children & Families
Context

The question arises from the potential impact of the children's social care implementation strategy on both the social care sector and children in care.

Question

What assessment has been made of the potential impact of the children's social care implementation strategy on (a) the social care sector and (b) children in care?

Answer from Claire Coutinho

Our reforms will deliver transformational change in children's social care. The strategy we set out, “Children's social care: stable homes, built on love”, will put in £200 million of additional investment to lay the foundations for wider reform.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Did not provide a detailed assessment as requested.

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Q2 Emma Lewell Lab South Shields
Children & Families
Context

34 children aged 16 and over in state care have died in unregulated accommodation. Previously, the Secretary of State promised to introduce regulations.

Question

Here is the reality: 34 children that we know of aged 16 and over in the state's care have died in unregulated accommodation. The last time I asked the Secretary of State about this, she said that regulations would be introduced, yet those regulations shamefully legitimise unregulated accommodation, placing more of these children in tents and caravan sites, alone and without any care or supervision at all. What on earth is she playing at?

Answer from Claire Coutinho

We have taken steps forward on regulating accommodation. We are working closely with the sector. We are going further than we ever have before to make sure that we can have not only quality accommodation for some of our most vulnerable children, but quality of care too.

Not addressed: Did not address why regulations legitimise unregulated accommodation as asked.

How: Working Closely With The Sector, Going Further Than We Ever Have Before

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