The move comes following a call from Josh MacAlister, chair of England’s Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, for the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) to investigate complaints from within the sector about the “placements market”.
The CMA has today (12 March) announced its study of children’s social care provision which aims to “establish why a lack of availability and increasing costs could be leading to the needs of children in care not being met”.
The study is set to examine the lack of availability and increasing costs in children’s social care provision, including children’s homes and fostering, the CMA said.
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