Question follow-through · 24286
Department of Health and Social Care: Foster Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i) flexible working, (ii) paid time off for (A) training and (B) settling a new child into
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department and (b) each of its arms length bodies offers employees who are foster carers (i) flexible working, (ii) paid time off for (A) training and (B) settling a new child into
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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22 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department is keen to encourage employees to become foster carers, and to support those already providing foster care or care for their family and friends by providing time off where necessary. Fostering related leave, which forms part of our special ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Mental Health Services: Rural Areas
5 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of mental health services in rural areas.