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Leaked DfE document reveals scope of new advisory group on children’s social care profiteering

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The government’s new advisory group on the children’s social care market aims to “substantially bring down the cost of placements” and “tackle profiteering by providers”, documents leaked to CYP Now reveal.
The document reveals the DfE's strategy to tackle profiteering in children's social care. Picture: Adobe Stock
The document reveals the DfE's strategy to tackle profiteering in children's social care. Picture: Adobe Stock

The Market Interventions Advisory Group (MIAG) was first announced in the Spring Budget in March and was referenced at the presidential reception for the new Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) Andy Smith on 16 April.

It will be led by Steve Crocker, former director of children’s services for Hampshire and Isle of Wight councils, who was ADCS president in 2022/23.

Documents from an online presentation by the Department for Education during the group’s first meeting on 18 April, seen by CYP Now, lays out its goals.

These include to:

Substantially bring down the cost of placements, particularly for children with the most complex needs, without destabilising the market.

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