Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Made: 26th February 2011

Laid before Parliament: 4th March 2011

Coming into force: 1st April 2011

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 16(3) and 118(5) and (6) of the Care Standards Act 2000[^f00001] and sections 155(1) and (2) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006[^f00002] and sections 87D(2) and 104(4)(a) of the Children Act 1989[^f00003].

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 1st April 2011.

• (2) In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2007[^f00004].

Amendment of regulation 14 of the Principal Regulations

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In regulation 14(1) and (2) of the Principal Regulations (voluntary adoption agencies)—

• (a) for “£759” in each place where it occurs substitute “£834.90”; and

• (b) for “£379.50” in each place where it occurs substitute “£417.45”.

Amendment of regulation 15 of the Principal Regulations

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In regulation 15 of the Principal Regulations (adoption support agencies)—

• (a) in paragraph (1) for “£759” substitute “£834.90”; and

• (b) in paragraph (2) for “£379.50” substitute “£417.45”.

Amendment of regulation 17 of the Principal Regulations

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• (1) Regulation 17 of the Principal Regulations (children’s homes etc.) is amended as follows.

• (2) In paragraph (1)—

• (a) for “£1093.40” in each place where it occurs substitute “£1202.74”;

• (b) for “76” in each place where it occurs substitute “69”; and

• (c) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii)—

• (i) for “£108.90” substitute “£119.79”; and

• (ii) for “76th” substitute “69th”.

• (3) In paragraph (2A)—

• (a) for “£728.20” in each place where it occurs substitute “£801.02”;

• (b) for “7” in each place where it occurs substitute “6”;

• (c) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii)—

• (i) for “£91.30” substitute “£100.43”; and

• (ii) for “7th” substitute “6th”.

• (4) In paragraph (3A)—

• (a) for “£475.20” in each place where it occurs substitute “£522.72”;

• (b) in sub-paragraph (b)—

• (i) for “21” substitute “17”; and

• (ii) in sub-paragraph (ii)—

• (aa) for “£28.60” substitute “£31.46”; and

• (bb) for “21st” substitute “17th”; and

• (c) in sub-paragraph (c) for “22” substitute “18”.

• (5) In paragraph (3B)—

• (a) for “£475.20” in each place where it occurs substitute “£522.72”;

• (b) for “20” in each place where it occurs substitute “17”; and

• (c) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii)—

• (i) for “£28.60” substitute “£31.46”; and

• (ii) for “20th” substitute “17th”.

• (6) In paragraph (3C)—

• (a) for “£874.50” in each place where it occurs substitute “£961.95”;

• (b) for “26” in each place where it occurs substitute “23”; and

• (c) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii)—

• (i) for “£86.90” substitute “£95.59”; and

• (ii) for “26th” substitute “23rd”.

Amendment of regulation 18 of the Principal Regulations

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In regulation 18(b) of the Principal Regulations (local authority fostering functions) for “£2185.70” substitute “£2404.27”.

Signed

Tim Loughton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Education — 26th February 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend Part 4 of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Fees and Frequency of Inspections) (Children’s Homes etc.) Regulations 2007 (S.I.2007/694) (“the Principal Regulations”). The Principal Regulations apply in relation to England only.

These Regulations amend the annual fees that are to be paid under the Care Standards Act 2000, the Education and Inspections Act 2006 and the Children Act 1989 to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills in respect of voluntary adoption agencies, adoption support agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres, boarding schools, residential colleges, residential special schools and in respect of local authority fostering functions.

Amendments are also made to regulation 17 of the Principal Regulations to amend the number of approved places an establishment can have before reaching the maximum fee payable above which the fees are capped.

An Impact Assessment has been prepared for this instrument and it is available from the Department for Education and annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2000 c.14. See section 121 for the definition of “appropriate Minister”, “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 16(3) was substituted by the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c.43) section 105(6) and amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14), Schedule 5, paragraph 15.

[^f00002]: 2006 c.40.

[^f00003]: 1989 c.41. Section 87D was inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000, section 108.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2007/694; amended by S.I. 2009/2724 and 2010/617.