Foster Care

Department for Education written question – answered at on 31 January 2018.

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Photo of Lisa Nandy Lisa Nandy Labour, Wigan

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people were (a) eligible to and (b) did remain with a foster carer in a staying put arrangement in 2016-17.

Photo of Nadhim Zahawi Nadhim Zahawi The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education

The number of care leavers who were eligible for, and receiving care leaver support in, a staying put arrangement with a former foster carer was published in table F2 for 19 and 20 year olds. This is published in table F4 for 18 year olds, in the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017’ at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017.

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