Care providers chosen to house older teenagers in Peterborough to be awarded contract worth £16m

Thirteen care providers have been chosen to support 16 and 17-year-olds by Peterborough City Council (PCC).

The approved companies will provide housing and regular meetings with older teenagers leaving the care system to help them transition into adult life.

Eight of the providers will also support separated migrant children.

The value of the contract with the providers, and others that may join them in the future, is £16m over four years, PCC says.

The council’s cabinet will be asked to approve this at their meeting on 12th February.

Children’s services at PCC were recently rated inadequate by Ofsted, with the most critical part of their report focussing on its provisions for care leavers.