The calls came folowing a debate over a report by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Unregulated: children in care living in semi-independent accommodation, in which Baroness Berridge, parliamentary under-secretary of state for education, appeared to dismiss the need for an outright ban.
In her report, published in September, Anne Longfield said: “The government has proposed cleaning up the unregulated sector by introducing new minimum standards, but this does not address the real problem – allowing children under 18 to be placed in this accommodation in the first place.”
Baroness Doocey described the report as “a harrowing catalogue of information from police about providers of unregulated accommodation who are affiliated with major organised crime organisations and are using staff members with criminal records to work with children”.
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