Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national fostering college; and if he will make a statement.

The Department for Education is currently considering the recommendation made by the Education Select Committee to establish a national college for foster carers. We are considering these recommendations alongside those of the government’s independent review of fostering. Our formal response to both reports will be published in spring 2018.