The Education Committee will question Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman on the regulator’s role in supporting reforms to the children’s social care sector.
Among the areas of focus in this session will be the supply and quality of places in children’s homes, which varies across the country. This issue has been linked to greater demand from older children and those with complex needs, a shortage of foster carers and increasing costs of funding children’s social care. A 2022 CMA report suggested the latter was partly due to private providers being able to take advantage of the scarcity of places.
