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Good morning

Re: help desk request (ticket ref [1]2021111027000059)
Please could you tell me your 2020-21 weekly foster care allowances for
all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers.
Per attached leaflet

Please detail any allowances that ALL foster carers can claim in addition
to their weekly allowance, e.g. holiday allowance or mileage.
Per attached leaflet

Please could you tell me your 2020-21 weekly allowances for former foster
carers looking after young people in 16+/18+ Continuing Care arrangements,
broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary.
At present in the first and second year we continue to pay at the exact
same rate(allowance +fee) we paid them as Foster Carers and in the 3rd
year  we only paid allowances and stopped their fee.

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Dear Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,

Please could you tell me your 2020-21 weekly foster care allowances for
all age
bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers.

Please detail any allowances that ALL foster carers can claim in addition
to their
weekly allowance, e.g. holiday allowance or mileage.

Please could you tell me your 2020-21 weekly allowances for former foster
carers
looking after young people in 16+/18+ Continuing Care arrangements, broken
down by
year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary.

Yours faithfully,

Eve Hatcher
The Fostering Network

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