Foster Care: Care Leavers
Commons · Question 95806 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the maximum age for post-foster care arrangements to age 25.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 11 Dec 2025
The government is committed to supporting care leavers as they transition to independence.Staying Put enables care leavers to prepare for independence more gradually in a stable and secure family setting. It enables young people to continue living with th...