Mr. Bernard Gloster:

We recognise it is a challenge. As I said in response to Deputy Costello, family life, working life and the construct of the family changes and keeps changing, and people live busier and different lives. The cohort of separated children seeking international protection, such as those coming from Ukraine, is not as challenging to recruit for because there is a group of people who have a specific interest in that work. It comes down to the matching of the child. It is not that foster carers have a prejudiced view against teenagers but rather it comes down to the matching of the child with foster carers. Some, although not all, of the teenagers who present as needing our care might present too great a challenge, and foster carers may opt not to proceed with a placement in that context. We are not giving up on that, however, and we want to find specific ways in the coming weeks that will support foster carers to do that, but I do not want to give any false expectation about the issue. It is a big challenge.