The Executive is backing a number of recommendations by the Adoption Policy Review Group, including putting any decisions regarding police checks in the hands of foster carers and introducing a national minimum carer's allowance. The Scottish government will also give foster carers more rights and responsibilities under the new proposed Permanence Order.
At the moment, if a child wants to stay at a friend's house for the night, the friend's family has to undergo a police check.
"This has long been a source of bitter resentment for children and young people in foster care.
It gets in the way of these children forming normal friendships,"
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