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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-09-10more like thismore than 2018-09-10
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Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Foster Care: Care Leavers more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance, Staying put: arrangements for care leavers aged 18 years and above, published on 22 May 2013, what progress the Government has made on implementing the staying put policy. more like this
tabling member constituency Stafford more like this
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Jeremy Lefroy remove filter
uin 172577 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-09-13more like thismore than 2018-09-13
answer text <p>Staying Put has helped thousands of care leavers to continue to benefit from a stable and secure family setting and to prepare for independence at a more gradual pace rather than facing a ‘cliff-edge’ at the age of 18. The policy has been welcomed by care leavers and the sector.</p><p>The latest data for the year ending March 2017 shows that 51% of those ceasing to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18<sup>th</sup> birthday remained with their former foster carer. In addition, 25% of 19 and 20 year olds were still living with their former foster carers.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon more like this
answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy more like this