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Dan Peters 28 November 2024

500% rise in unregistered and illegal home use

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The number of vulnerable children in care placed in unregistered and illegal homes has shot up by 500% in three years, data released by watchdog Ofsted has shown.

Ofsted said the number had increased from 144 in 2021 to 931 this year.

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