Michelle Donelan corrected the Commons record on Looked-after Children: Out-of-area Placements
The words were spoken in the Commons on 20 January 2020. The correction was made by letter from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Chippenham (Michelle Donelan), and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 3 February 2020. The figure £70 million in the original became £17 million in the correction. Altogether 16 words differ between the two versions.
The question
There is an increasing number of children in care, with the latest figures showing nearly 80,000 children in care in England alone. What steps is my hon. Friend’s Department taking to reverse this trend?
Original and corrected words
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| My hon. Friend is quite right. The number of children in the care sector is a worry both to me and the Government. That is why we have a number of initiatives to support families to stay together. We | My hon. Friend is quite right. The number of children in the care sector is a worry both to me and the Government. That is why we have a number of initiatives to support families to stay together. We will be spending approximately £17 million on Supporting Families and £84 million on Strengthening Families for this very reason. |
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Receipt
| Read from | https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/debates/debate/BFAD46F5-B82B-47CD-BE33-B2BE8C176AD4.json |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
| SHA-256 | dfe8b7c8b4ccf0f6056b14c026b6c39da0e968c5b5b1208b8ac2b960e8e5e033 |