Key issues in fostering: capacity, working conditions, and fostering agencies

This House of Commons Library briefing paper looks at key issues in fostering, including general statistical information, the capacity of the foster care system, working conditions for foster carers and the relationships between fostering providers. In particular, it draws upon evidence taken by the Education Select Committee’s 2016-17 inquiry into fostering.

Key issues in fostering: capacity, working conditions, and fostering agencies