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<p>Delegation of children's social care functions does not remove a local authority's
duties to meet statutory obligations. It remains a local authority's responsibility
to ensure the quality of services regardless of what arrangements it makes for the
discharge of its functions.</p><p>Delegated social care functions are inspected by
Ofsted, in the same way as directly delivered local authority social care functions,
as part of its local authority inspection framework. In addition, regulations currently
govern the fitness of third party providers and require their registration with Ofsted.</p><p>
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