Commentary on Sections Part 1 .Social Care Chapter 1 .Provision of Social Care Services to Children: Restrictions on Profit Section 12 – Duty to secure accommodation: reporting
53.Section 12 inserts a new section 75D into the 2014 Act. Section 75D requires local authorities to report on their duty under section 75 to secure accommodation. The annual report prepared by a local authority under section 144A must include information on how the steps taken by the local authority have increased, or are expected to increase, the amount of accommodation available that meets the requirements of section 75(1). The report must also include the number of applications made by the local authority for approval to place children in supplementary placements, as well as the reasons for any difference between the estimated and actual number of applications.