Foster Care

(asked on 28th May 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2015 to Question 228386, what specific weaknesses were found in the timelines of visits to children who are privately fostered.


Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 4th June 2015

According to our records, examined in March 2015, Ofsted found that in five authorities - Birmingham, Blackpool, Calderdale, Coventry and Swindon - visits to privately fostered children were not always made within statutory timeframes as set out in the Private Fostering Regulations (England) 2005.

As set out in response to PQ 228386, four of the five authorities - all bar Swindon - are subject to formal intervention measures. The Department for Education drew this information from 45 Ofsted inspection reports of local authority children’s social care published under the single inspection framework.

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