The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Care-Experienced Children and Young Group says the extension of the duties will improve support for care-experienced young people.
Police and the Department for Work and Pensions would also have corporate parenting responsibility for those in care and care leavers under the proposal.
MPs and peers are calling on the government to introduce legislation to extend corporate parenting. It is also recommending that “a suite of support measures” are introduced to help public bodies meet their new duties.
There should also be “strong accountability measures to ensure that these reforms deliver real positive changes for care-experienced young people”.
The call has been made after the group received evidence from more than 200 organisations and people, including 160 care-experienced young people
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