Increasing numbers of councils have resorted to seeking Deprivation of Liberty orders from courts in a bid to get around the ban while placements in settings registered by Ofsted are found, the education select committee has heard.
Highlighting the outcomes of a BBC investigation published last week, chair of the committee Robert Halfon said it showed “councils are struggling to meet the demands of the new system” after the ban was introduced in September.
Asked “if the new rules have been effective in reducing the number of children in unregistered provision”, Charlotte Ramsden, president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services, said such accommodation was still being used for under-16s in “a case of desperation”.
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