In the review’s first major publication, chair Josh MacAlister raised concerns over a handful of private companies “profiteering” from children’s homes.
Some 41 per cent of children’s homes are run by private companies, the Case for Change stated, adding that “the average reported price per child for a place in an independent children’s home in England in 2018/19 was around £4,000 per week, representing an increase of 40 per cent on prices in 2012/13”.
According to the report, across the largest twenty providers this amounts to a profit estimated at £265m.
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