The response raises several concerns including a warning that reducingthe inspectorate's involvement with local authorities will limit itsability to encourage improvements.
The Commission for Social Care Inspection fears the enlarged Ofsted willnot be expected to continue its practice of meeting regularly with eachlocal authority to monitor its plans and progress. At the moment thishappens with a frequency proportionate to the local authority'sperformance rating.
Proposals to transfer the responsibility of holding these meetings toEngland's nine regional government offices is blasted in the response as"misconceived".
"One of the great strengths of the Commission for Social CareInspection's range of powers and duties, not shared by our predecessors- is that we inspect, and assess the performance of the bodies whocommission the services we regulate," states the inspectorate'sresponse. "This greatly strengthens our capacity to encourageimprovement."
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