SOCIAL MARKET FOUNDATION Prime Minister recently promised that young care leavers would have a “guaranteed roof over their head” and “the security they deserve”.100 There is clearly a need to both standardise local authority support for care leavers and for the age of eligibility to be extended. The Department for Education should undertake an immediate analytical review of outcomes for care leaver students by local offer, and then utilise this learning to develop a universal offer of support for local authorities to deliver to care leavers pursuing higher education, which should include housing and financial support. This offer should extend up to graduation as long as they enrolled before age 25. Recommendation nine – standardise local authority support and extend up until graduation The DfE should conduct an immediate analysis of HE outcomes by LA set in the context of Local Offers to assess any evidence of an effectiveness baseline Based up on evidence identified, the Department for Education should then develop a universal offer of support that they expect all local authorities to deliver to care leavers pursuing higher education. This should include financial and housing support. The support should extend up until graduation for those who have enrolled before they turned 25. Eligible groups: Care leavers, as defined under local authorities statutory duties. 66