Filkin, as the Parliamentary under secretary of state for children and families at the Department for Education and Skills, has a wide-ranging brief that includes children in care.
He promised in January to write to local authorities to discover why so many have a high number of out-of-authority placements. He added he would meet the Commission for Social Care Inspection to discuss "ramping up" children's home standards (Children Now, 19-25 January 2005).
The letter, which will be sent "imminently", will ask councillors and officials to review the proportion of looked-after children who are placed outside their local areas.
"Is there evidence that this policy is in the best interests of children?
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