The watchdog’s report, commissioned by Care Review chair Josh MacAlister, and published in March last year, said the UK had “sleepwalked” into a system in which children are failing to get suitable placements in foster care and children’s homes.
It criticised a “fragmented” commissioning system which it said leaves councils unable to use their role as the purchasers of placements to negotiate on prices or to plan properly for the future.
The CMA found that large private sector providers of fostering services and children’s homes appear to be making higher profits in England and Wales than it would expect in a “well-functioning market”.
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