Consultation outcome

Children's social care providers: fees and inspection frequency

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 13 December 2016
• Last updated: 20 February 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Childrens social care providers: fees and inspection frequency - government response

Ref: DFE-00058-2017

PDF, 326 KB, 17 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of the responses we received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

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Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking views on proposed changes to the fees and frequency of inspections regulations.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
2pm on 13 December 2016 to 11:45pm on 17 January 2017

Consultation description

We’re seeking views on the following proposed changes to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2015, with a view to regulations coming into force in April 2017:

• a 10% increase on current fees for most settings where fees are not already at full cost recovery
• amending the frequency of Ofsted inspections for those registered children’s homes which currently have an overall effectiveness judgement of ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’

The consultation will run for 5 weeks and takes account of the Christmas holiday that falls within the consultation period.

Published 13 December 2016
Last updated 20 February 2017 + show all updates

1. 20 February 2017

   Added government response.

2. 13 December 2016

   First published.