The watchdog promised to act following last week's publication of aletter sent to directors of children's services in April by Paul Snell,the chief inspector at the Commission for Social Care Inspection.
Snell's letter was sent just before Ofsted took over the job ofinspecting children's social services from the commission. He remindeddirectors of the legal requirements around restricting children'sliberty in care homes.
In his letter Snell said: "I have become aware of a small number ofchildren's homes that are restricting the liberty of children withoutapproval from the secretary of state. Some homes say they offer'semi-secure' accommodation, using locked doors or physical restraintwithout legal authority or lawful excuse."
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