§ 37. Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in view of the erosion of boarding-out allowances by inflation, if she will now make a statement about the work of the departmental committee on fostering and rates of boarding-out allowances.
§ Dr. OwenThe Working Party on Fostering Practice was set up to compile a guide for practitioners and it expects to complete it later this year. It has also been asked to consider the payments made to foster parents, but it is up to the working party what recommendations, if any, it decides to make.