Policy paper

Fostering better outcomes

Government response to the Foster Care in England report and the Education Select Committee’s inquiry into fostering.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 20 July 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Fostering better outcomes

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-0734-6, CCS071812414, Cm. 9662

PDF, 587 KB, 62 pages

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Fostering better outcomes - young people's version

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Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers’s independent review of the fostering system in England was published by the Department for Education on 6 February 2018. This document sets out the government’s response to that report and to the Education Select Committee’s inquiry into fostering.

The response sets out the steps we are taking to improve the outcomes and well-being of children in care. It is accompanied by a young people’s version which describes how we are responding to their calls for improvements to fostering services.

Published 20 July 2018