Foster carers are paid little, if anything, for the work they do.
But many in the children's sector were taken aback by the news last week that as many as half of all carers are paid nothing at all, as revealed in a survey by the Fostering Network.
While they are entitled to allowances that are supposed to cover the full costs of bringing up children, 50 per cent receive no fees at all - in other words, no salary for the work they do.
At the beginning of the year, the Fostering Network also revealed that more than half of all local authorities do not even pay out full allowances.
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