Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 38410

Foster Care: Payments

Tabled: 14 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) weekly minimum payments and (b) other financial support provided to foster carers.

Answer

Janet Daby
The ‘Fostering Services: National Minimum Standards’ set out the expectations that are placed on foster carers and their agencies at standard 28. The department is clear that no one should be financially disadvantaged because of their fostering role, and ...

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