Some 220 applications for new children’s homes were received between April and August, while Covid-19 restrictions were in place, Yvette Stanley told CYP Now.
However, 19 children’s homes had their registrations suspended and 20 had their accommodation restricted.
Of the 220 applications, 80 per cent (177) are now open compared with 95 homes which opened throughout the whole of 2019.
Stanley put this down to a suspension of Ofsted inspections allowing more resources to be focussed on regulatory work.
“Partly because we were doing less inspections we have managed to register a lot more children’s homes than we would have done in normal times,” she said.
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