Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children potentially housed in illegal children’s homes in Cambridgeshire.

Information on children looked after in unregistered placements was collected by the department for the first time in 2026. Statistics on the number of children looked after in unregistered settings in England will be published on 19 November 2026 and will be available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions-year-ending-31-march-2026.