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Foster Care: Registration and Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered alternative models for the (a) oversight and (b) registration of foster carers; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of alternative models on the adeq
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 29 Mar 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered alternative models for the (a) oversight and (b) registration of foster carers; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of alternative models on the adeq
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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29 Mar 2025
Answer published
The department is considering the merits of a national register of foster carers. We will continue to review the costs and benefits of a national register versus our other investments into foster care.We recognise that some stakeholders are in favour of a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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