Question follow-through · 7201
Foster Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the New Deal For Working People, what plans he has to change the employment status of foster carers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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- Medical Equipment: Safety · 22 Oct 2024
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- Fireworks: Regulation · 17 Jun 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the New Deal For Working People, what plans he has to change the employment status of foster carers.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
I pay tribute to the vital efforts of foster carers, who carry out a challenging role that requires skill, dedication and love. The government will ensure more children can receive loving care in foster families.We will work with councils and fostering se...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Medical Equipment: Safety
22 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to increase statute of limitations to 20 years for faulty medical devices.
Business: Visual Impairment
16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to encourage businesses to use pin pads that are accessible to people with sight impairments.
Nitrous Oxide: Sales
16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of working with regulators to introduce labels for nitrous oxide canisters that can be traced to the point of sale.
Fireworks: Regulation
17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to consult on the regulation of fireworks.