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date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to extend the provision of 15 additional hours of free childcare to children in foster care in England.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	117301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Foster carers play a vital role in supporting some of our most vulnerable children. It is right that foster carers receive the support they need to meet the needs of the children they look after.</p><p> </p><p>Foster carers are able to access the universal 15 hours of free childcare for their own children. We also need to consider whether it is possible for children in foster care to take up the additional 15 hours in a way that promotes the best interests of the child.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 117311 question first answered 12/12/2017 16:51:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

800681

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of fostered children are currently excluded from the provision of 15 additional hours of free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	117302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but the department does not hold the data requested.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/12/2017 16:56:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

800684

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support her Department provides to foster carers to meet childcare costs.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	117305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Foster carers play a vital role in supporting some of our most vulnerable children and it is right that they receive the support they need to meet the needs of the children they look after.</p><p> </p><p>Foster carers are able to access the universal 15 hours of free childcare and they will receive an allowance to help with the costs of caring for the child. They also receive favourable treatment through the tax and benefits system.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/12/2017 16:57:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

800686

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education,what steps her Department are taking to tackle the barriers to fostering for people in work outside of the home.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	117307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Foster carers play a vital role in supporting some of our most vulnerable children and it is right that they receive the support they need to meet the needs of the children they look after.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced the foster-family-friendly employer policy, with the Department for Education leading by example in ensuring support and flexibility for its employees who foster. The National Fostering Stocktake, a comprehensive review of the fostering system, is also underway. The Stocktake is looking at a wide range of issues including the recruitment and retention of foster carers and the support foster carers receive. The reviewers will report to me with recommendations at the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>Foster carers are able to access the universal 15 hours of free childcare for all children in their care. We need to consider whether it is possible for children in foster care to take up the additional 15 hours in a way that promotes the best interests of the child.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/12/2017 17:36:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

800690

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the national minimum fostering allowance in order to account for the cost of childcare.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	117311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Foster carers play a vital role in supporting some of our most vulnerable children. It is right that foster carers receive the support they need to meet the needs of the children they look after.</p><p> </p><p>Foster carers are able to access the universal 15 hours of free childcare for their own children. We also need to consider whether it is possible for children in foster care to take up the additional 15 hours in a way that promotes the best interests of the child.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 117301 question first answered 12/12/2017 16:51:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy