The children's minister issued guidance to clarify the situation after confusion over whether the parents of friends would have to undergo Criminal Records Bureau checks before looked-after children could spend a night at their home.
Children's rights director Roger Morgan said children in homes and with foster parents had raised this issue repeatedly. so he suggested the Government issue clarification.
"Protection of children is, of course, paramount," he said. "But those caring for looked-after children should make similar risk assessments and carry out the same checks that any parent would."
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