Foster Care

(asked on 19th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of conducting a national survey of fostering households.


Answered by
Nadhim Zahawi Portrait
Nadhim Zahawi
This question was answered on 27th February 2018

Local authorities have a duty to ensure there are enough foster parents to meet the diverse needs of the children they look after. However, we are aware that the right type of foster care may not always be available at the time or in the area it is needed.

The government’s independent review into foster care and the Education Select Committee considered sufficiency planning and commissioning practices as well as the recruitment and retention of foster parents. The department will be carefully considering the recommendations from both reports. The government response will be published this spring.

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