Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 19
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Publish national children's social care sufficiency strategy and mandate local out-of-area placement reduction plans.
Conclusion
The Department for Education must publish a national sufficiency strategy for children’s social care as a matter of urgency and publish data on the extent to which sufficiency requirements are being met on an annual basis. It should also require all local authorities to develop and publish strategies for reducing the number of out-of-area placements and work with local authorities to share and scale up examples of good practice. (Recommendation, Paragraph 46)
Government Response
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