Call for evidence outcome

Children’s residential care review: independent call for evidence

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 28 October 2015
• Last updated: 4 July 2016 — See all updates

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Applies to England

This call for evidence has closed

Detail of outcome

The evidence from this consultation informed Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of children’s residential care in England.

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Original call for evidence

Summary

Sir Martin Narey is seeking views on the purpose and role of residential care for young children, and what works best to improve outcomes.

This call for evidence ran from
12:30pm on 28 October 2015 to 5pm on 31 December 2015

Call for evidence description

Sir Martin would like any evidence about:

• the types of residential care currently provided
• what improvements could be made
• whether there are better alternatives for some children

He’s interested in evidence from:

• people running or working in children’s homes and other residential settings including:
  • secure children’s homes
  • residential schools
  • secure training centres
  • young offender establishments
• children
• young people
• parents
• carers
• local authorities
• representative bodies from across the sector
• academics with an interest in residential care

Documents

Children's residential care review: independent call for evidence

PDF, 204 KB, 7 pages

Children's residential care review: terms of reference

PDF, 106 KB, 1 page

Published 28 October 2015
Last updated 4 July 2016 + show all updates

1. 4 July 2016

   Added a link to the final outcome: Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of children’s residential care in England.

2. 28 October 2015

   First published.