questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average waiting time was for Ofsted registration of new children’s homes in each region in England in the last five years.
answerText: There has been a sustained and unprecedented rise in applications to register children’s homes, particularly in certain areas of the country such as the North West.In September 2025, in response to this rise Ofsted published their revised policy for prior...
heading: Children: Care Homes