Foster Care
Commons · Question 21104 · Tabled 18 Dec 2024 · Women and Equalities · Official record
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make care experience a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010.
Answer
Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 7 Jan 2025
The Government recognises that care leavers have some of the worst long-term life outcomes in society. We are therefore committed to ensuring children leaving care have stable homes, access to health services, support to build lifelong loving relationship...