Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 48680

Foster Care

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025

Question

Liam Conlon

LabourBeckenham and Penge

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to ensure that children in foster care arrangements are placed in a suitable home.

Answer

Janet Daby
The department is supporting local authorities to recruit and retain more foster carers so that councils can find more suitable foster homes, resulting in greater choice for better placement matching for the children in their care. Currently, there are 10...

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