Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 24283

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Foster Care

Tabled: 15 January 2025

Answered: 24 January 2025

Question

Josh MacAlister

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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

Answer

Feryal Clark

There is no central cross-government wide policy for foster care leave. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) does offer employees who are foster carers flexible working, but not paid time off for training or settling a new child in...

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