Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 27
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Department accepts recommendations for regional commissioning to improve children's residential care provision.
Conclusion
The Department accepted recommendations to introduce regional commissioning made by the Competition and Markets Authority and Josh MacAlister in 2022. The MacAlister review recommended that local authorities should group together in regional organisations, taking collective responsibility for running public-sector residential care and fostering and for all commissioning.77 The Children’s Commissioner told us that regional bodies would help to reduce volatility in individual areas, with regions more able to predict the number and types of places they will need.78
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 1 April 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗