Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 84503
Foster Care
Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025
Question
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat — Torbay
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 MacAlisterThe 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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