Apr. 30 2024
Source Page: Children’s Social Work Statistics 2022-23 – Looked After ChildrenFound: Children’s Social Work Statistics 2022-23 – Looked After Children
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: less before their expected week of confinement or within 15 weeks of child’s birth • providing care
Asked by: Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to top up national insurance contributions for individuals who received foster care allowances but were not allowed to work while fostering.
Answered by Nigel Huddleston - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
Foster carers can claim National Insurance (NI) credits known as ‘Credits for Parents and Carers’ (CPC) which count towards their State Pension. If a foster carer is unable to work due to their caring responsibilities, claiming CPC will prevent any gaps in their NI record as a result for State Pension purposes.
CPC can be claimed for periods from 6 April 2010 onwards and replaced Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) which foster carers can claim for periods between 2003 – 2010.
Nov. 08 2011
Source Page: Family and friends care: statutory guidance for local authorities. 58 p.Found: Family and friends care: statutory guidance for local authorities. 58 p.
Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) It is to commend in the strongest terms the work being done to enable more children in care to find places - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) We need to encourage more people to adopt, to foster and to enter kinship care. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham (Bshp - Bishops) more robust retention strategy.In my work as a foster carer, I have met many dedicated carers whose - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) Over two-thirds of children who are in formal care are in foster care. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Feb. 06 2024
Inquiry: Children’s social careFound: CSC0017 - Children’s social care FosterWiki Ltd Written Evidence
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.Found: Children enter residential or foster care for many reasons and their past experie nces can very often
Written Evidence Feb. 06 2024
Inquiry: Children’s social careFound: CSC0084 - Children’s social care FosterSupport Limited Written Evidence
Asked by: Kim Johnson (Labour - Liverpool, Riverside)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with Barnardo’s to discuss developing a Black Foster Care Network to improve the experiences of Black children in care.
Answered by David Johnston - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The government would like to see people from all backgrounds feel able to come forward to foster, whatever their ethnicity, sexuality, gender or relationship status.
Children should be cared for in a way that recognises and respects their identity and carers should be given the training and support they need to meet the child’s needs.
The department considers charity sector colleagues to be key stakeholders in work taking place across the department, including on children’s social care reform as outlined in ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’. The department regularly engage the Chief Executive and Policy Leads from Barnardo’s on children’s social care policy (as well as their counterparts at Action for Children, The Children’s Society, National Children’s Bureau and NSPCC). The charity sector is also represented in a variety of reference groups on specific aspects of children’s social care policy.
The department will engage with foster carer representative bodies to see how black foster carers can be further supported, including considering developing a Black Foster Care Network.
Written Evidence Feb. 06 2024
Inquiry: Children’s social careFound: CSC0103 - Children’s social care Nationwide Association of Fostering Providers Written Evidence