Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 85933
Foster Care
Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025
Question
Kim Johnson
Labour — Liverpool 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 MacAlisterWe 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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