Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 113401

Foster Care

Tabled: 12 February 2026

Answered: 26 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Rebecca Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that Regional Care Cooperatives work in structured collaboration with Independent Fostering Agencies to (a) facilitate shared sufficiency planning (b) maximise

Answer

Josh MacAlister

The department’s fostering plan, published on 4 February, focuses predominantly on strengthening local authority fostering provision, which has seen the biggest decrease in foster carers in recent years. At the same time, we want to see an expansion of th...

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