Foster Care
Commons · Question 113401 · Tabled 12 Feb 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Rebecca Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that Regional Care Cooperatives work in structured collaboration with Independent Fostering Agencies to (a) facilitate shared sufficiency planning (b) maximise
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 26 Feb 2026
The department’s fostering plan, published on 4 February, focuses predominantly on strengthening local authority fostering provision, which has seen the biggest decrease in foster carers in recent years. At the same time, we want to see an expansion of th...