House of Assembly: Thursday, June 07, 2018

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Question Time

Foster Carers

Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (14:07): My question is to the Minister for Child Protection. Can the minister provide the house with the current number of foster carers in South Australia?

The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (14:08): I do have that number here. In fact, it was recorded in my speech on volunteers that I gave earlier to the house. On 17 May 2018, there were 1,255 approved foster carers, 578 approved kinship carers and 132 who were specific child-only carers.