The Conservatives mooted plans to expand the use of payment-by-results in public service delivery before the election, since the system has been employed to incentivise health and welfare-to-work providers for some time.
Junior children's minister Tim Loughton said at a conference last week that the Department for Education is "investigating" ways in which to use payment-by-results to improve cost-effectiveness in children and young people's services. "That's only right and sensible, particularly in current circumstances," he said.
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke announced also last week that payment-by-results would be used to help rehabilitate offenders. But the model would be new to wider children and young people's services.
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