Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 121767
Foster Care: Protection
Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026
Question
Alberto Costa
Conservative — South Leicestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce increased statutory rights and protections for foster carers, including safeguards against unsubstantiated allegations; and what assessment she has made of the potentia
Answer
Josh MacAlisterThe department does not hold data centrally on the number of fostering placements at constituency level. Nationally, placement sufficiency remains under strain, which is why reforms are essential to renewing fostering and improving support for carers and ...
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