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Found: Financial Implications 21.

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Asked by: Sturgeon, Nicola (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Southside)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors the financial health of private providers of residential children’s homes to ensure that there is early warning of potential failure, in line with the recommendation by the Competition and Markets Authority.

Answered by None

The Scottish Government does not monitor the financial health of private providers of residential children’s homes. Local authorities are responsible for the placement of children and young people and decisions that relate to the most suitable options for meeting their needs.

The Care Inspectorate range of powers include that they can require providers to make proper provision for children’s needs. However, how private providers do that and how they are funded is their responsibility.

We continue to engage with the UK Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive on a regular basis to understand and learn from how responses to this issue are developing across the UK.