Children England says such a move would mean the care bank could operate as a newly formed non-departmental public body with a statutory duty to pay for the needs of every child in care.
By placing responsibility for procurement of care services into the hands of a national body, councils could focus instead on commissioning the care they know children require and which is appropriate for their needs, it says.
The charity has submitted its proposal for the care bank to the Care Review in response to its Call for Ideas on new ways to improve children’s social care.
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