Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Scottish Government's review of foster care in Scotland and to the Education Committee report on fostering, published on 22 December 2017, HC 340, if the Government will undertake a review of the foster care system in England and Wales.

In March 2017 The government commissioned Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers to undertake an independent review of the fostering system in England. Their report was published on 6 February 2018, which sets out a number of recommendations to improve the outcomes of looked after children in foster care. The report is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/ 679320/Foster_Care_in_England_Review.pdf.

The department is considering these recommendations, alongside those made by the Education Select Committee. The government response will be published in the spring.