Private fostering arrangement notifications: planned revisions
Applies to England
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Detail of outcome
Summary of consultation responses and the government鈥檚 response outlining the next steps to be taken.
Original consultation
Consultation description
We鈥檙e proposing to close the annual data collection and publication of notifications of private fostering arrangements.
Instead, we intend to gather information on private fostering through the existing annual children in need (CIN) census.
We鈥檙e interested in the views of:
- local authorities
- government officials
- parliamentarians
- academics
- voluntary and community sector organisations
- those with an interest in private fostering data