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皇冠体育app government today published a new data pack on children鈥檚 homes to help local authorities and residential care providers build a better picture of how children鈥檚 homes are being used.

Fifteen per cent of looked after children will be placed in a children鈥檚 homes at some point during their time in care. For many children, residential homes are an important part of their lives. All local authorities now have a legal duty to commission sufficient good quality accommodation for looked after children. Local authorities and children鈥檚 homes providers need to work closely together to provide effective and stable placements for these children.

皇冠体育app data, published today, will give local authorities and residential home providers new information on children鈥檚 homes including: the number of placements children have, how long they stay in residential homes, how different local authorities use children鈥檚 homes and the characteristics of children who are living in residential care homes. 皇冠体育app information should help local authorities think more carefully about the needs of the children in their areas.

皇冠体育app government has also published the 1st edition of a new newsletter for all those who are interested in improving children鈥檚 homes鈥� services. 皇冠体育app newsletter will provide a forum for children鈥檚 homes providers to exchange information and showcase good practice.

Children鈥檚 Minister Tim Loughton said:

For many children, residential children鈥檚 homes offer stability and security they may have been missing in their early lives. Excellent residential care has the potential to turn children鈥檚 lives around. We want to make sure all children鈥檚 homes are up to the standard of the best and make sure that local authorities are considering them as a viable placement option if appropriate for certain children.

That鈥檚 why we have published, for the first time, all the data that we have on children鈥檚 homes. We hope local areas and children鈥檚 homes providers will use this data to think about how they commission services and place children. Over the coming months we will be working closely with the sector on a programme of work to target underperforming children鈥檚 homes and make sure that children are receiving the best quality care.

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