Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 24278

Department for Business and Trade: Foster Care

Tabled: 15 January 2025
Answered: 23 January 2025

Question

Josh MacAlister

LabourWhitehaven and Workington

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i) flexible working, (ii) paid time off for (A) training and (B) settling a new child into thei

Answer

Justin Madders
The Department for Business and Trade allows foster carers to take paid special leave for both training and to settle a new foster child into their home. Employees also have the statutory right to request flexible working which applies from the first day ...

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