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Foster Care

Commons · Question 85933 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to implement (a) foster care reforms, (b) initiatives to improve the (i) recruitment and (ii) retention of foster carers and (c) other measures outlined in the Government’s r

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 5 Nov 2025

We must take urgent action to substantially increase foster care numbers. The government is delivering a regional programme for fostering recruitment and retention to streamline the process for prospective carers. There are ten regional fostering recruitm...