Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 85933

Foster Care

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to implement (a) foster care reforms, (b) initiatives to improve the (i) recruitment and (ii) retention of foster carers and (c) other measures outlined in the Government’s r

Answer

Josh MacAlister
We must take urgent action to substantially increase foster care numbers. The government is delivering a regional programme for fostering recruitment and retention to streamline the process for prospective carers. There are ten regional fostering recruitm...

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