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Annex E Updated to provide clarity. The department’s policy position has not changed.
In the case of private fostering under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act
2006 if a person makes arrangements for another person to foster a child as a
private foster parent and has power to terminate the arrangements, then they
will be a regulated activity provider in relation to the fostering carried out by the
foster parent. The reason we have removed: “or take responsibility for the

selection of the parents themselves” is that in some cases i.e. where the school
makes the arrangements and retains the power to terminate the arrangements
(even where parents have selected the host family) then the school would still
be the regulated activity provider, assuming there is a private fostering
arrangement in place, under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.
We believe the sentence as it stands: “However where the parents make the
arrangements themselves” is a clearer indication as to when the school will not
be the regulated activity provider.

Annex G Updated to provide clarity.

Annex H Table of changes included in this guidance for the first time.

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