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[2] For a public-sector comparison, the UK prime minister is entitled to a salary of £167,391 [3] [4] and the Cabinet Secretary is entitled to a salary of £200,000 to £204,999. [5] The table below outlines financial data - CEO salaries and turnover figures - where available, of a selection of major charities in the United Kingdom, by capital.
In the UK, there are nearly 70,000 children living with foster families each day. This is almost three-quarters of the total number of children in care away from home, which is over 98,000. [3] Prospective foster parents must pass an assessment by a social worker to determine suitability to foster. [4]
Children of the United Kingdom's Child Migration Programme – many of whom were placed in foster care in Australia. Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community or treatment centre), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent", or with a family member approved by the state.
In 1968 the rates were increased from 8 to 15 and then 18 shillings and from 10 to 17 shillings and then £1 respectively, [4] [5] but this was paid for in part by a reduction in the value of child tax allowance, so that the poor would benefit, but the middle classes did not.
The 2001 Census indicated that there are 175,000 young carers aged under 18 in the UK today. A poll commissioned by The Princess Royal Trust for Carers in 2004 indicates that the number of young carers could be much higher. According to Age UK carers over the age of 80, (30% of people aged 80 and over) provide 23 million hours of unpaid care a ...
That represented nearly 10 per cent of the population and of those, 21 per cent (1.09 million) provided care for 50 or more hours per week. The Act requires assessments to be offered to carers, to consider the needs of carers in relation to leisure, education, training and work.
The Care Act 2014, which received royal assent on 14 May 2014, and came into effect on 1 April 2015, [29] strengthens the rights and recognition of carers in the social care system; including, for the first time, giving carers a clear right to receive services, even if the person they care for does not receive local authority funding. [30]
Carers Centre Statistical Survey 1 April 2006 - 31 March 2007. The Princess Royal Trust for Carers. 2007. State of Social Care 06-06 report. CSCI. London. 2006; It Could be You, the chances of becoming a carer, Carers UK 2001; Securing Good Care for Older People: Taking a long-term view, Wanless, D. London: King's Fun. 2006. General Household ...