Author: Institute of Public Care, Oxford Brookes University
Published by: Department for Education, June 2015
SUMMARY
Researchers from Oxford Brookes University were commissioned by the Department for Education to examine the financial stability of the main operators in the children's residential care market. The team carried out 51 interviews with the largest children's homes providers, investors, local authority commissioners, and other organisations for the study - Financial Stability, Cost Charge and Value for Money in the Children's Residential Care Market. They also ran focus groups with 58 people from 46 organisations, carried out telephone interviews with 50 providers and analysed financial data from 40 companies.
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