Plans to create a Care Leaver Covenant were first announced in May 2016 as a way to encourage organisations to offer more support to care leavers in England.
It was due to launch in October 2016 but was beset with delays, with former children's minister Edward Timpson conceding that the Department for Education was struggling get other central government departments, colleges and universities to sign up to it.
The government has previously said the covenant will be "a promise, set out in law, to everyone who has been through the care system", designed to ensure that local authorities set out clearly what care leavers are entitled to locally — including housing, jobs and healthcare.
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