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<p>Children live with kinship carers for a wide range of reasons: parental difficulties,
mental or physical ill health, divorce or separation, imprisonment or bereavement.
The circumstances and legal statuses of children and carers in these arrangements
vary widely. There is not, therefore, a single “kinship carer system” and for this
reason the Government has not given consideration to making an assessment of the potential
for any general misuse of kinship care arrangements</p><p>In 2011, the Department
for Education issued ‘Family and Friends Care: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities’,[1]
this guidance is clear that children and young people unable to live with their parents
should receive the support they and their carers need to safeguard and promote their
welfare, whether or not they are looked after.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-family-and-friends-care"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-act-1989-family-and-friends-care</a></p>
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