Question follow-through · 24020
Foster Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support children in foster care and (b) the work of foster carers (i) in South Norfolk constituency and (ii) nationally.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support children in foster care and (b) the work of foster carers (i) in South Norfolk constituency and (ii) nationally.
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jan 2025
Answer published
The government is committed to ensuring that every child in care grows up with the love, care and support they need to achieve and thrive. All foster carers receive the National Minimum Allowance (NMA) to cover the costs of looking after the children in t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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