House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Kinship Care Kinship Care Ms SANDERSON House of Assembly Adelaide Kinship Care Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (14:47): My question is to the Minister for Education and Child Development. Can the minister advise why kinship care was removed from non-government organisations and is now carried out in-house by Families SA? The Hon. S.E. CLOSE House of Assembly Port Adelaide Minister for Education and Child Development Minister for the Public Sector Kinship Care The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for the Public Sector) (14:47): I think that the question refers to a time prior to my being minister. I believe that that has largely been handled within the department since I have been the minister, so I will have to look back on what the history of that is. I would point out that since 2001—I think they are the figures usually used—kinship care has increased 700 per cent, so it is absolutely a success story. That is not to say that we cannot have more kinship carers; I think we absolutely can. It is one of the areas I am most interested in expanding our offering of out-of-home care for children who are unfortunately not able to be with their birth parents. In terms of the history of who is responsible and why it is that way, I will look into it and provide an answer back to the house.