Foster Care
Commons · Question 84503 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that independent fostering agencies receive adequate support to provide high-quality fostering services.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 31 Oct 2025
The department’s priority is to recruit and retain more foster carers so there is a choice of stable, loving foster homes for children in care.The government is committed to ensuring a fostering system that meets the needs of children and young people and...