At the end of March 2008, 1,330 children were reported as being privately fostered, compared to 1,250 children in March 2007 and 980 children in March 2006. But according to the British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF), nobody knows how many children are privately fostered because carers often fail to notify their local authority when a private fostering arrangement begins. In 2001, the Department of Health estimated there could be as many as 10,000 unregistered privately fostered children in...