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Dear  Alastair Scott-Mckinley 

Thank you for your recent enquiry which was received on 10 March .

A reply will be sent to you as soon as possible and this should be within
20 working days, as you are requesting information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

Your correspondence has been allocated reference number 2023-0010898 .

Yours sincerely

Department for Education

Ministerial and Public Communications Division

Tel: 0370 000 2288

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Dear Alastair Scott-McKinley,

Thank you for your request for information, which was received on
10/03/2023 10:01.   

I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(“the Act”).

Your request has been allocated the reference number 2023-0010898. You
requested the following information about the National Minimum Allowance
for Foster Carers:

Please can you provide a copy of the equality screening or equality impact
assessment for the foster care national minimum allowance as detailed on
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I have interpreted your request to relate to the overall policy for a
National Minimum allowance (NMA). The national minimum allowance was
introduced in 2007, prior to the introduction of the 2010 Equality Act.
Therefore, we were not required to complete an equality impact assessment
and do not hold one.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by copyright.
You are free to use it for your own purposes, including for private study
and non-commercial research, and for any other purpose authorised by an
exception in current copyright law. Documents (except photographs) can be
also used in the UK without requiring permission for the purposes of news
reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial publication, would
require the permission of the copyright holder.

Most documents produced by a government department or agency will be
protected by Crown Copyright. Most Crown copyright information can be
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Copyright in other documents may rest with a third party. For information
about obtaining permission from a third party see the Intellectual
Property Office’s website at www.ipo.gov.uk.

If you have any queries about the above, or need to contact us
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your reference number.

If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar
months of the date of this letter. Your complaint will be considered by an
independent review panel, who were not involved in the original
consideration of your request.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint to the
Department, you may then contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
 

Yours sincerely

 Yasmin Nally

 Department for Education

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