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Recommendation 33
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Deferred
Paragraph: 80
The Department must aim towards banning unregulated provision for looked-after children once it has addressed...
Recommendation
The Department must aim towards banning unregulated provision for looked-after children once it has addressed placement sufficiency issues using the mechanisms outlined by The independent review of children’s social care. In the meantime, while these reforms are being undertaken, the new set of standards for unregulated provision should be implemented on a sliding scale so as to provide regulated care, with flexibility for children for whom greater independence is in their best interests.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states it is committed to improving the placement system and will consider this as part of its wider work to develop an implementation strategy to the care review.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
The department recognises that placement moves can have a significantly destabilising impact on looked-after children, and is committed to improving the placement system. This will be considered as part of our wider work to develop an implementation strategy to the care review.
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