Question follow-through · 16577
Foster Care: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory minimum fee framework for foster carers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory minimum fee framework for foster carers.
29 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 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. Our policy statement, ‘Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive’ sets out our plans to recruit and retain more foster car...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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