Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 20
20
Not Addressed
Insufficient fees, home adaptation needs, and societal shifts create barriers to increasing foster care.
Conclusion
The Association for Directors of Children’s Services explained that there are barriers to increasing foster care numbers. This includes insufficient fees and allowances for foster carers, the need for foster carers to adapt their 47 Qq 26, 59 48 C&AG’s Report, para 2.7 49 National Association of Fostering Providers (CCH0003) 50 Qq 36, 59 51 Q 59 52 C&AG’s Report, para 2.9 53 Q 61 14 homes, and societal changes making it more unusual to have a non-working parent at home to provide care and more common for adult children to return to live with their parents.54
Government Response Summary
The response simply restates the committee's conclusion.
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
4. PAC conclusion: To reduce the demand for children’s residential care, the Department is relying on there being more foster carers, but it has yet to address the significant challenges to increase numbers.