Bruce Clark, divisional manager for looked-after children at theDepartment for Education and Skills, made a series of announcements atthe National Children Bureau's residential childcare conference lastweek.
These include 731,000 over the next three years to set up anational centre for excellence in residential child care - arecommendation made by Sir William Utting in 1997.
Inspectors have told the Government that local authorities do not alwaysrecognise that residential care can be the right care for somelooked-after children, said Clark.
He added that the Government was "in no doubt" that residentialchildcare should be the placement of choice, not last resort, for somechildren.
"This is a significant change," said Jonathan Stanley, seniordevelopment officer at the Children's Residential Care Unit.
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