Young adults leaving care should not be placed in bed and
breakfast accommodation, a report published by the parliamentary education
committee has recommended. Into
independence, not out of care: 16 plus looks at options for 16-year-olds
leaving the care system and moving towards independence and calls for an
outright ban on bed and breakfast placements for young looked after people. The
report says that bed and breakfast continues to be used by councils to house
young people leaving care, despite the Department for Education (DfE)
previously saying this is ‘not suitable’. Addressing the issue, it states: ‘We
are deeply troubled by the continued use of B&Bs [for young people in
care]. Far from being merely unsuitable, B&Bs can present an environment
which feels unsafe and threatening to a young person.’ Download the report from
the House of Commons website.
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