Proposals, as first revealed by CYP Now last week, have also been made to give Ofsted new legal powers to crack down on illegal unregistered providers that are providing care for children without being registered to do so, the Department for Education said.
New measures that require local authorities to partner with police forces before children are placed in unregulated settings, which provide accommodation but not care, away from home also look set to be introduced.
Campaigners have previously raised concerns about the safety of young people living in unregulated and unregistered provision following the publication of a number of recent reports that highlighted risks from abusers and criminal gangs towards 16- and 17-year-olds placed in such settings.
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