Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 38412

Foster Care: Registration and Regulation

Tabled: 14 March 2025
Answered: 29 March 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered alternative models for the (a) oversight and (b) registration of foster carers; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of alternative models on the adeq

Answer

Janet Daby
The department is considering the merits of a national register of foster carers. We will continue to review the costs and benefits of a national register versus our other investments into foster care.We recognise that some stakeholders are in favour of a...

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