Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 84503

Foster Care

Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that independent fostering agencies receive adequate support to provide high-quality fostering services.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department’s priority is to recruit and retain more foster carers so there is a choice of stable, loving foster homes for children in care.The government is committed to ensuring a fostering system that meets the needs of children and young people and...

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