| Heading: |
Foster Care |
| Question ID: |
1781412 |
| UIN: |
35827 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5084 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mrs Elsie Blundell
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Mrs Elsie Blundell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will (a) extend legal protections for and (b) improve financial security available to foster carers. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-22 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4698 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Janet Daby
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| Answering Member handle: |
JanetDaby
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JanetDaby
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| Answer text: |
The Children’s Act 1989 and subsequent statutory guidance sets out strong safeguards to protect foster carers from unfair treatment, including the requirement for fostering services to have a complaints procedure and whistle-blowing policy. The department... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |