1. What is the basic weekly allowances paid in 23/24 per age bracket for mainstream foster carers? Not including any fee/reward element.
2. Please detail any other allowances paid for children living in mainstream foster care in addition to their weekly allowance, for example religious festival, holiday, birthday, other. Please detail the amount paid and the frequency foster carers can receive these.
3. Please detail any additional allowances or fees paid to for children with additional support needs or disabilities.
4. What is the current fee/reward structure for mainstream foster carers? 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 mainstream foster carers on each level/band, including those that receive no fee on top of the child’s allowance.
5. What is the basic weekly allowances paid in 23/24 per age bracket for kinship foster carers? Not including any fee/reward element.
6. Please detail any other allowances paid for children living in kinship foster care in addition to their weekly allowance, for example religious festival, holiday, birthday, other. Please detail the amount paid and the frequency foster carers can receive these.
7. What is the current fee/reward structure for kinship foster carers? 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 kinship foster carers on each level/band, including those that receive no fee on top of the child’s allowance.
Your 2023-24 weekly allowances for former foster carers looking after young people in 18+ Staying Put arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3 if necessary.
Your 2023-24 weekly fee payments for former foster carers looking after young people in 18+ Staying Put arrangements, broken down by year 1, year 2, and year 3 if necessary.
All questions above are exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act. Devon County Council is not obliged to provide this information as it is already available on Fostering payments and allowances 2022/23 – Fostering in Devon and Fostering payments – Fostering Devon webpages.
Devon County Council do not separate the fee from the allowance, and the rates for mainstream and kinship are the same.