Consultation responses
Our responses to government reviews across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
England
Independent Review of Children's Social Care:
- NAFP questions 3 February 2021
- Submission to call for evidence 30 March 2021
- Case for Change 4 August 2021
- Call for Ideas 15 December 2021
Statement on regional care cooperatives 1 December 2022
Stable homes, built on love 11 May 2023
Education Committee inquiry into children’s social care 6 February 2024 and 21 January 2025
Human Rights of Children in the Social Care System in England 25 August 2025
Modernising and improving the administration of council tax 12 September 2025
Fostering for the future 17 March 2026
Panels and allegations 17 March 2026
NAFP response to Regional Care Cooperatives Policy Statement 17 March 2026
NAFP submission to APPG for Care Experienced Children and Young People inquiry into fostering sufficiency, 12 May 2026
NAFP Responds to the Government’s fostering reforms 9 July 2026
Scotland
A National Care Service for Scotland 2 November 2021
'Moving on' from care into adulthood 3 October 2024
Future of foster care 6 February 2025
Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill 15 August 2025
NAFP response to Care Inspectorate (Scotland) consultation on Surveillance and Monitoring 14 March 2026
Wales
Proposed changes to legislation on social care and continuing health care (Wales) 7 November 2022
A national register of foster carers in Wales 14 July 2023
Supporting a transition to not-for-profit models of care for looked after children in Wales: Information for foster carers approved with independent fostering agencies in Wales 15 November 2023
Senedd Health and Social Care Committee 27 June 2024 (NAFP chief executive from 1:09:00)
Health and Social Care (Wales ) Bill 28 June 2024
Implementing the removing of profit from children's care 8 October 2025
Improving adoption, fostering and kinship services 27 October 2025
Local Authority Sufficiency Plan Duty 7 April 2026
