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<p>As set out in the Children Act 1989, local authorities are responsible for delivering
children’s social care services. Ofsted is responsible for the Inspection of Local
Authority Children’s Services (ILACS) and these inspections provide a robust assessment
of the quality and outcomes of local services. The department publishes a range of
statistics on activity rates, timeliness and costs of children’s services and these
data are available to all local authorities to help benchmark their services. The
department has no current plans to develop a national outcomes framework for children’s
services.</p>
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