The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 1 WLR 4240
Queen’s Bench Division
*Regina (Article 39) v Secretary of State for Education
[2022] EWHC 589 (Admin)
2022 Feb 8, 9; March 16
Holgate J
Children— Children in need— Welfare services— Secretary of State introducing regulations prohibiting use of unregulated accommodation for looked after children under 16— Whether continued use of unregulated accommodation for older children lawful— Whether possible for local authority to discharge statutory duties to looked after children in unregulated accommodation— Whether irrational not to extend prohibition to older children— Whether Secretary of State complying with public sector equality duty— Whether consultation process fair—
Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 22C(6)(d)
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Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 149
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Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/959), reg 27A