Responding to the Government's Care Matters green paper, children'sprofessionals agreed children should be able to stay in care forlonger.
David Holmes, chief executive of the British Association for Adoption &Fostering, said: "We know enabling children to stay in foster care until21 is really important."
The National Children's Bureau said: "Some young people may not be readyto leave care until they are past 18; the average age for leaving thefamily home in the UK is around 24." The British Association of SocialWorkers added that staying in care until 21 should become the norm.Local authority representatives also agreed that in some cases it wasappropriate.
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