Following recent case law, what consideration has the Welsh Government given to issuing guidance to local authorities on paying kinship carers a family placement fee?
Answered by Minister for Children and Social Care | Answered on 30/01/2018
The issue of allowances to kinship foster carers is being examined as part of work on the National Fostering Framework to map fees and allowances that local authorities pay to foster carers.
The purpose of this work is to achieve greater harmonisation of allowances for foster carers across Wales and as part of this consideration will be given to wider issues including placement fees.