Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of standardised cost analyses of Local Authority and IFA foster placements.
The Department for Education is currently considering the Education Select Committee’s recommendation that the government should require standardised cost analyses of local authority and independent fostering agency placements. We are considering these recommendations alongside those of the government’s independent review of fostering, which also considered cost drivers and fees. Our response to both reports will be published in spring 2018.