Question follow-through · 18612

Foster Care: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of foster carers in (a) England and (b) Cheshire.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
11 Dec 2024
Answer
17 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of foster carers in (a) England and (b) Cheshire.

  2. 11 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    This government is committed to working in partnership with local authorities to recruit more foster carers and committed an additional £15 million in the Autumn Budget 2024. This funding is to start work to ensure every local authority has access to a hu...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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