Mr. Bernard Gloster:

I might add one other aspect to be of assistance to the Deputy. Foster carers individually have had experiences where they have felt we have not responded appropriately to the problem or the issue and that is where a complaint can arise. This is associated with the issue of safeguarding in foster care. We hear reports periodically from the sentencing courts where things have gone wrong. I might ask the chief social worker to address what we do about safeguarding in foster care. Conversely, foster carers sometimes experience that as not being supportive but, in fact, it is an essential part of it.