Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:57 pm on 20 September 2017.
It’s not just the service that’s in crisis; some of the foster carers and the children that they care for are in crisis. Cabinet Secretary, what assurances can you give us that looked-after children will be able to access emergency support services, such as child and adolescent mental health services, if they are placed in foster placements that are outside the local authority that is responsible for their care order? I have a number of very unfortunate cases that bear witness that this is not happening, and I think we absolutely must change it.