The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011

Regulation 36(1)

SCHEDULE 7 Events and notifications

Column 1 Event	Column 2 To be notified to:
	Chief Inspector	Responsible authority	Secretary of State	Area authority	Police	Primary Care Trust
Death of a child placed with foster parents	yes	yes	yes	yes		yes
Information is provided to the Independent Safeguarding Authority under any of sections 35, 36, 39, 41 or 45 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006(1) in respect of an individual working for a fostering service	yes	yes
Serious illness or serious accident of a child placed with foster parents	yes	yes
Outbreak at the home of a foster parent of any infectious disease which in the opinion of a general practitioner attending the home is sufficiently serious to be so notified	yes	yes				yes
Allegation that a child placed with foster parents has committed a serious offence		yes			yes
Involvement or suspected involvement of a child placed with foster parents in prostitution	yes	yes		yes	yes
Serious incident relating to a child placed with foster parents necessitating calling the police to the foster parent’s home	yes	yes
A child placed with foster parents is missing from the placement		yes
Any serious complaint about any foster parent approved by the fostering agency	yes	yes
Instigation and outcome of any child protection enquiry involving a child placed with foster parents	yes	yes		yes

(1)

Sections 35, 36, 39, 41 and 45 were amended by section 81(2) and (3)(m)(i) of the Policing and Crime Act 2009. Section 41 was also amended by paragraph 9(1) and (2) of Schedule 5 to S.I. 2009/1182, and by paragraph 15 of Schedule 4 to S.I. 2010/231. Section 45 was also amended by paragraph 91 of Schedule 5, and Part 1 of Schedule 15, to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14), article 6 of S.I. 2009/1797, article 30(b) of S.I. 2009/2610 and by article 2 of S.I. 2010/1073.