Foster Care Allowances and Payments

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Dear Bury Metropolitan Borough Council,

1) Please could you tell me your 2017-18 weekly foster care allowances for all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers.

2) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for foster carers (NB this is different to allowances for the child). Please include:
i) Details of the levels/bands for carers and how much you pay per week at each level/band.
ii) The number of foster carers on each level/band, including those that receive no fee on top of the child’s allowance.

3) Please could you tell me your weekly allowances to former foster carers looking after young people in Staying Put 18+ arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary.

4) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for former foster carers looking after young people in Staying Put arrangements. Please include:
i) Details of the levels/bands and how much you pay per week at each level/band.
ii) The number of former foster carers on each level/band, including those that receive no fee on top of the child’s allowance.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Cann

Customer Contact Team, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

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Freedom of Information Request for Resources and Regulations

Teams selected: Financial Management
1) Please could you tell me your 2017-18 weekly foster care allowances for
all age bands, NOT including any fee/reward element for foster carers.

2) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for foster carers (NB
this is different to allowances for the child). Please include:
i) Details of the levels/bands for carers and how much you pay per week at
each level/band.
ii) The number of foster carers on each level/band, including those that
receive no fee on top of the child's allowance.

3) Please could you tell me your weekly allowances to former foster carers
looking after young people in Staying Put 18+ arrangements, broken down by
year 1, year 2, and year 3+ if necessary.

4) Please detail your current fee/reward structure for former foster
carers looking after young people in Staying Put arrangements. Please
include:
i) Details of the levels/bands and how much you pay per week at each
level/band.
ii) The number of former foster carers on each level/band, including those
that receive no fee on top of the child's allowance.

The request has been sent to the following departments: Resources and
Regulation

If you have any further questions about this issue please ring 5353, or
Email [9][Bury Council request email] quoting the CRM reference
number. 

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