Question follow-through · 28571
Carers: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on bringing new carers into the sector and stopping carers exiting the sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on bringing new carers into the sector and stopping carers exiting the sector.
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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15 Sept 2026
Answer published
The government is committed to improving standards across the foster care sector and is taking steps to improve the recruitment and retention of foster carers, which is critical to improving outcomes for children. The department’s action plan to renew fos...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
Later records
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