Ever since the government announced that young people would be allowed to stay in foster care until the age of 21, the clamour has grown for so-called Staying-Put arrangements to be extended to those in residential care as well.
Having initially dismissed the idea - then Education Secretary Michael Gove stated that the age would not be increased until children's home standards improved - the government did a U-turn in January 2014, announcing a scoping study to assess the practical and legal issues.
That scoping study, published last month, looked at four different options (see box) for young people in residential care: staying in the same children's home; living in a separate building but in the same grounds; living in "supported lodgings"; or "staying close" to their children's home but living independently in their own flat.
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