Consultation outcome

Private fostering arrangement notifications: planned revisions

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 14 August 2015
• Last updated: 16 December 2015 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

Private fostering arrangement notifications: government response

Ref: DFE-00315-2015

PDF, 203 KB, 10 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of consultation responses and the government’s response outlining the next steps to be taken.

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Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking your views on plans to stop the publication of notifications of private fostering arrangements in England.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 14 August 2015 to 5pm on 15 September 2015

Consultation description

We’re 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’re interested in the views of:

• local authorities
• government officials
• parliamentarians
• academics
• voluntary and community sector organisations
• those with an interest in private fostering data

Documents

Notifications of private fostering arrangements in England

PDF, 226 KB, 8 pages

Published 14 August 2015
Last updated 16 December 2015 + show all updates

1. 16 December 2015

   Added government response.

2. 14 August 2015

   First published.