Care Leavers

(asked on 16th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department provides for care leavers after they become 18.


Answered by
 Portrait
David Mowat
This question was answered on 9th January 2017

The Government recognises that care leavers have an additional need for support during their transition to adulthood and we are committed to working across Government Departments to support them.

That is why the Government published its refreshed care leaver strategy Keep on Caring in July 2016. The Department of Health is one of the eight Government Departments contributing to the strategy, which will deliver the additional support that care leavers need to make a successful transition to adulthood.

The Department of Health and Department for Education have also established an Expert Working Group to produce care pathways, quality standards and models of care for looked-after children and care leavers who need emotional and mental health support. We expect the group to report in October 2017.

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