Foster Care: Allowances
Commons · Question 111677 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she has issued to (a) Health and Social Care Trusts and (b) fostering service providers on the treatment of foster care allowances in the assessment of Universal Credit; and what steps she is taki
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 16 Feb 2026
Fostering is a devolved issue. Guidance to Health and Social Care Trusts is a matter for the devolved Northern Irish government.The department funds Fosterline, which provides guidance on Universal Credit to fostering services and to prospective and curre...