Concerns have been raised that kinship carers, who look after children through a private arrangement, rather than through a children's hearing placement, will miss out on allowances. Barbara Hudson, the British Association for Adoption & Fostering's Scotland director, said: "The strategy aims to make financial allowances, which are equivalent to fostering allowances, available to those looking after a child when there are concerns leading to a child being accommodated. That's not all the children in kinship care." She added: "The strategy will...