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To support retention, we will reform delegated authority and processes for handling allegations against foster carers. The Chancellor’s additional £25 million in funding for fostering will help us go further and faster. The spending review also set aside capital investment for innovative, sector-designed programmes to create more fostering placements by, for example, renovating and extending foster care homes in the way the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, mentioned with respect to Manchester. This will help to provide more placements for children in foster care. We intend to set out more detail on this, as well as our broader plans for fostering, in due course. We also, of course, benefit from research carried out by a wide range of stakeholders, including members of our fostering advisory board.