Registration of Care Home Staff
IICSA · The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse · Issued 20 October 2022 · Addressed to: UK Government
Government responseUK Government: Accepted in part (May 2023)
DeliveryUK Government says in progress (Apr 2025)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, K.4
The Inquiry recommends (as originally stated in its Interim Report, dated April 2018) that the UK government introduces arrangements for the registration of staff working in care roles in children's homes, including secure children's homes. Registration should be with an independent body charged with setting and maintaining standards of training, conduct and continuing professional development, and with the power to enforce these through fitness to practise procedures.
IICSA, The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse · 20 Oct 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
In April 2025, HM Government stated that it would improve qualifications, standards, and training while continuing work to "determine whether registration of care staff is the right approach", noting that a registration regime would not succeed without these foundations (Home Office, Apr 2025). In May 2023, it had accepted that registration of staff working in care roles in children's homes was essential and stated that it was looking at how best to implement this (Home Office response, May 2023).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026.
Government response
●UK Government · Accepted in part · 22 May 2023
We accept that rigorous registration of staff working in care roles in children’s homes is essential and we are looking at how best to implement this as part of the Stable Homes, Built on Love strategy.
Extract from: Government response to the final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Delivery
●UK Government says in progress · 9 Apr 2025
Based on the outputs from this work the Government will improve qualifications, standards and access to training, and continue work to determine whether registration of care staff is the right approach. Without a strong foundation of high- quality training and qualifications, a registration regime would not succeed in achieving its aims.
From: Tackling child sexual abuse: progress update (accessible version)
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