2025-03-202024/25:SoU19 · p.9SoUHealth & social services
Follow-up and support after placement
Follow-up on children's situation after placement in foster homes
What's at stake: The issue concerns children and young people placed outside their own home, and whether society has sufficient knowledge of and control over the quality and suitability of these placements.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
Parliament considered whether a dedicated national follow-up of how many children are placed in the same foster home, and of children's situation after placement, is needed, or whether ongoing supervision and quality work in foster-home and residential care is already sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee notes that extensive work is already under way to strengthen the quality of foster-home and residential care, including the government's intention to proceed with proposals to improve the content and quality of out-of-home care, an assignment to a national coordinator for more high-quality care places, and agency assignments to increase knowledge about reinforced foster homes and treatment families and to improve conditions for more placements in such homes. The committee also notes that the Health and Social Care Inspectorate has been tasked with strengthening supervision of residential homes for children and young people, and takes a positive view of ongoing inquiries into supervision and into safety and security in residential care. In light of this ongoing work, the committee considers there is no reason for parliament to take further initiatives and rejects the motion for a national follow-up.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 13 (SD)
SD argues that the government should take the initiative for a national follow-up of how many children are placed in the same foster home, since there is a risk that social services are unable to ensure that the placement is suitable for the child.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 13 by SD.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
What each plan points to — and how the party voted
For each party: the vote its own election manifesto and party programme point to in this case, next to how the party actually voted. A plan can only point to Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| Plan | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Abstain 0/0/16/8 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | Yes 92/0/0/14 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| MP | No | Abstain 0/0/15/3 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | Yes 20/0/0/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 9/0/0/7 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 59/0/0/9 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | No | No 0/62/0/10 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2024/25:1140 by Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M), 2024/25:1366 by Carina Ståhl Herrstedt et al. (SD) amendment 10, and 2024/25:1905 by Karin Rågsjö et al. (V) amendment 24.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2024/25:1140 av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M), 2024/25:1366 av Carina Ståhl Herrstedt m.fl. (SD) yrkande 10 och 2024/25:1905 av Karin Rågsjö m.fl. (V) yrkande 24.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag rejected approximately 90 proposals in motions about children and young people in social services. The motions were submitted during the general motion period of 2024 and address, among other things, interventions for children and young people, placement forms for children and young people, and children's rights. The Riksdag refers primarily to work already underway in the areas addressed by the proposals.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants legal consequences for not adhering to written agreements about custody, residence and care. (SD) — Reservation 13
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan demands that the child's best interests guide in every situation and wants to see institutions that both carry out work and gather knowledge about why the work is needed, that is, systematic follow-up.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan demands that the child's best interests guide in every situation and wants to see institutions that both carry out work and gather knowledge about why the work is needed, that is, systematic follow-up. A national follow-up of how many children are placed in the same foster family is precisely such a knowledge base for ensuring that the placement is suitable. The issue is not explicitly addressed in the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att barnets bästa styr i varje läge och vill se institutioner som både utför ett arbete och samlar kunskap om varför arbetet behövs, alltså systematisk uppföljning. En nationell uppföljning av hur många barn som placeras i samma familjehem är just ett sådant kunskapsunderlag för att säkra att placeringen är lämplig. Frågan behandlas inte uttryckligen i planen.
- the child's best interestsdecisive»principen att i varje läge se till barnets« (party programme ↗)“the principle of in every situation seeing to the child's”
- knowledge-building institutions»utför ett arbete och samlar kunskap om varför det arbetet behövs.« (party programme ↗)“carries out work and gathers knowledge about why that work is needed.”
- skilled social services for child protection»Ge barn och ungdomar möjligheter till kommunalt stödda fritidsaktiviteter, ge skolan bättre resurser för att stödja elever som behöver det för att klara betygen och förstärk socialtjänsten med tillräckliga resurser och kunskap för att arbeta både förebyggande och med barnskydd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give children and young people opportunities for municipally supported leisure activities, give schools better resources to support students who need it to manage grades, and strengthen social services with sufficient resources and knowledge to work both preventively and on child protection.”
- stronger children's rights»Utvecklingen mot starkare rättigheter för barn är en av de progressiva« (party programme ↗)“The development toward stronger rights for children is one of the progressive”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan commits the party to the child rights convention and to a strengthened social services that reaches children in time.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan commits the party to the child rights convention and to a strengthened social services that reaches children in time. A national follow-up of how many children are placed in the same foster family is a control instrument to ensure that the placement really is suitable for the child, which is in line with this. The plan says nothing about follow-up of placements, however, so the position rests on general principles.
Original (Swedish)
Planen förbinder partiet till barnkonventionen och till en stärkt socialtjänst som fångar upp barn i tid. En nationell uppföljning av hur många barn som placeras i samma familjehem är ett kontrollinstrument för att placeringen verkligen är lämplig för barnet, vilket ligger i linje med detta. Planen säger dock ingenting om uppföljning av placeringar, så ställningstagandet vilar på allmänna principer.
- child rights convention as foundationdecisive»Alla barn ska ha rätt till en trygg uppväxt i enlighet med FN:s barnkonvention.« (party programme ↗)“All children have the right to a safe childhood in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
- strengthened social services»Att socialtjänsten stärks är centralt för att fånga upp unga i tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That social services are strengthened is central to reaching young people in time.”
- safe childhood without violence»och till en trygg uppväxt fri från droger och våld.« (party programme ↗)“and to a safe childhood free from drugs and violence.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The party programme requires that the legal certainty of children is strengthened and that the quality of welfare activities is constantly monitored with various tools, under oversight that ultimately can stop what does not meet the standard.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme requires that the legal certainty of children is strengthened and that the quality of welfare activities is constantly monitored with various tools, under oversight that ultimately can stop what does not meet the standard. A national follow-up of how many children are placed in the same foster family is precisely such quality monitoring in the child's interest.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver att barnets rättstrygghet stärks och att kvaliteten i välfärdens verksamheter ständigt följs upp med olika slags verktyg, under tillsyn som ytterst kan stoppa det som inte håller måttet. En nationell uppföljning av hur många barn som placeras i ett och samma familjehem är just en sådan kvalitetsuppföljning i barnets intresse.
- ongoing quality monitoringdecisive»Kvaliteten ska ständigt följas upp med olika slags verktyg.« (party programme ↗)“Quality shall be constantly monitored with various tools.”
- strengthened legal certainty for children»Barnets rättstrygghet måste stärkas om det finns misstankar om våld eller sexuella övergrepp.« (party programme ↗)“The legal certainty of the child must be strengthened if there are suspicions of violence or sexual abuse.”
- strong public oversight»All verksamhet ska vara underställd tillsyn av en offentlig myndighet som ytterst ska kunna stoppa verksamhet som inte håller måttet.« (party programme ↗)“All activities shall be subject to oversight by a public authority which ultimately shall be able to stop activities that do not meet the standard.”
- support for placed children»Vi vill särskilt satsa på stöd till barn i familjer där det förekommer våld, missbruk eller psykisk ohälsa.« (party programme ↗)“We want to particularly invest in support for children in families where violence, substance abuse or mental ill-health occurs.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The party programme makes children's rights and perspective the thing that shall guide society's actors and requires unconditional protection for children within and outside the home.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme makes children's rights and perspective the thing that shall guide society's actors and requires unconditional protection for children within and outside the home. A national follow-up of how many children are placed in the same foster family serves precisely the control that the placement is suitable for the child. The election manifesto shows the same line through the requirement for heightened supervision and high quality standards in publicly financed activities, but foster care placements are not mentioned.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet gör barnens rättigheter och perspektiv till det som ska styra samhällets aktörer och kräver villkorslöst skydd för barn inom och utom hemmet. En nationell uppföljning av hur många barn som placeras i samma familjehem tjänar just kontrollen av att placeringen är lämplig för barnet. Valmanifestet visar samma linje genom kravet på skärpt tillsyn och höga kvalitetskrav i offentligt finansierad verksamhet, men familjehemsplaceringar nämns inte.
- children's rights at the centredecisive»Samhällets aktörer ska inta individens perspektiv. Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Society's actors shall take the individual's perspective. Of greatest importance are then the children's rights and perspectives.”
- unconditional protection for children»villkorslöst skydd mot våld och förnedring inom och utom hemmet« (party programme ↗)“unconditional protection against violence and degradation within and outside the home”
- the child's right to be seen»Särskilt viktigt är att värna varje barns rätt att bli respekterad och att bli sedd för den man är.« (party programme ↗)“Particularly important is to protect every child's right to be respected and to be seen for who they are.”
- heightened supervision and quality requirements»Vi vill bland annat se höga kvalitetskrav för fortsatt verksamhet och vinstutdelning, och vi vill skärpa tillsynen av skolor och deras ägare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see among other things high quality requirements for continued activity and profit distribution, and we want to tighten supervision of schools and their owners.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan establishes that the public's responsibility is particularly great for placed children, that foster families shall receive support to carry out their task, and that oversight of social services needs strong supervisory authorities.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that the public's responsibility is particularly great for placed children, that foster families shall receive support to carry out their task, and that oversight of social services needs strong supervisory authorities. A national follow-up on how many children are placed in the same foster family is precisely such a control instrument, so the counter-proposal's demand follows from the plan. The plan also emphasizes that placed children's rights shall be clearly stated in the law.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att det offentligas ansvar är särskilt stort för placerade barn, att familjehem ska få stöd för att klara sitt uppdrag och att tillsynen över socialtjänsten behöver starka tillsynsmyndigheter. En nationell uppföljning av hur många barn som placeras i samma familjehem är just ett sådant kontrollinstrument, varför motförslagets krav följer av planen. Planen betonar också att placerade barns rättigheter ska vara tydligt angivna i lagen.
- strong supervision of social servicesdecisive»tillsynsmyndigheter för bland annat polis, kriminalvård och socialtjänst.« (party programme ↗)“supervisory authorities for among others police, criminal care and social services.”
- public responsibility for placed children»Det offentligas ansvar är särskilt stort för de barn som placerats från sina föräldrar.« (party programme ↗)“The public's responsibility is particularly great for children who have been placed from their parents.”
- support to foster families»få utbildning och stöd för att klara sitt uppdrag.« (party programme ↗)“receive training and support to carry out their task.”
- placed children's rights»angivna i lagen, och placerade barn ska ha rätt att få information.« (party programme ↗)“stated in the law, and placed children shall have the right to receive information.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan makes evaluation and quality control an important political task and establishes that children have the right to a safe upbringing environment and that the best interests of the child shall come first.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan makes evaluation and quality control an important political task and establishes that children have the right to a safe upbringing environment and that the best interests of the child shall come first. Foster care shall give the child a new family. National monitoring of how many children are placed in the same foster home is precisely the quality control the plan requires.
Original (Swedish)
Planen gör utvärdering och kvalitetskontroll till en viktig politisk uppgift och slår fast att barn har rätt till en trygg uppväxtmiljö och att barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet. Familjehemmet ska ge barnet en ny familj. En nationell uppföljning av hur många barn som placeras i samma familjehem är just den kvalitetskontroll planen kräver.
- monitoring and quality controldecisive»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political”
- safe upbringing environment»Barn har rätt till en trygg uppväxtmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“Children have the right to a safe upbringing environment.”
- best interests of the child first»barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet.« (party programme ↗)“the best interests of the child shall come first.”
- foster care shall replace lost parents»Samhället ska eftersträva att ge barnet en ny familj« (party programme ↗)“Society shall strive to give the child a new family”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan does not address the number of placements per foster home, but it wants placed children to be given better conditions and uses national surveys as a method to expose abuses.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan does not address the number of placements per foster home, but it wants placed children to be given better conditions and uses national surveys as a method to expose abuses. Children's development is highlighted as society's most important investment. A national monitoring of how many children are placed in the same foster home follows from these commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen behandlar inte antalet placeringar per familjehem, men den vill att placerade barn ges bättre förutsättningar och använder nationella kartläggningar som metod för att blottlägga missförhållanden. Barns utveckling framhålls som samhällets viktigaste investering. En nationell uppföljning av hur många barn som placeras i samma familjehem följer av dessa åtaganden.
- better conditions for placed youthdecisive»Se till att placerade ungdomar ges bättre utbildning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that placed young people are given better education”
- children's development first»Samhällets viktigaste investering för framtiden är barns utveckling.« (party programme ↗)“Society's most important investment for the future is children's development.”
- national survey as a method»Genomföra en nationell kartläggning av hedersförtryckets utbredning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct a national survey of the extent of honour-based repression”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan requires that the process around placed children be upgraded and quality-assured and that investigations concerning children be quality-assured and legally secure.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that the process around placed children be upgraded and quality-assured and that investigations concerning children be quality-assured and legally secure. National monitoring of how many children are placed in the same foster home is such a quality-assurance measure and follows from the requirement that the best interests of the child shall always be considered as well as from the plan's general requirement for monitoring public initiatives.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att processen kring placerade barn uppgraderas och kvalitetssäkras och att utredningar rörande barn ska vara kvalitetssäkrade och rättssäkra. En nationell uppföljning av hur många barn som placeras i samma familjehem är ett sådant kvalitetssäkrande led och följer av kravet att barnets bästa alltid ska beaktas samt av planens allmänna krav på uppföljning av offentliga insatser.
- rättssäkra barnutredningardecisive»Utredningar rörande barn ska vara kvalitetssäkrade och rättssäkra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Investigations concerning children must be quality-assured and legally secure.”
- kvalitetssäkrade placeringar»Det finns ett stort behov av att processen kring placerade barn uppgraderas och kvalitetssäkras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There is a great need for the process around placed children to be upgraded and quality-assured.”
- barnets bästa»Att barnets bästa alltid ska beaktas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That the best interests of the child shall always be considered”
- uppföljning av insatser»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for each public initiative”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:SoU19)
- Committee report full text (HC01SoU19)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:1021 — Nolltolerans mot barnsoldater i Sverige av Kerstin Lundgren (C)
- Motion 2024/25:1078 — Uppföljning av riskbedömningar i vårdnadsmål och utvärdering av barnkonventionens införande av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M)
- Motion 2024/25:1110 — Barns rättigheter vid familjehemsplaceringar av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M)
- Motion 2024/25:1140 — Ersättning till barn som farit illa av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M)
- Motion 2024/25:1296 — Återförening mellan barn och föräldrar som förlorat kontakten efter vårdnadstvister av Runar Filper och Angelica Lundberg (båda SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1361 — En stark och kvalitativ Sis-vård i hela landet av Mona Olin m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1366 — Socialtjänsten av Carina Ståhl Herrstedt m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1389 — Familjerätt av Mikael Eskilandersson m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1413 — Krafttag mot hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck av Sara Gille m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1495 — Befogenheter för SOS Alarm vid nödsituationer av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M)
- Motion 2024/25:1671 — Nationell handlingsplan mot barnfattigdom av Aida Birinxhiku och Sofia Skönnbrink (båda S)
- Motion 2024/25:1834 — Obligatorisk BVC av Jennie Wernäng m.fl. (M)
- Motion 2024/25:1905 — En starkare folkhälsa av Karin Rågsjö m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:197 — Ofrivilligt faderskap av Nima Gholam Ali Pour (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:2059 — Stärkt kamp mot sexuellt utnyttjande av barn av Niels Paarup-Petersen (C)
- Motion 2024/25:2062 — Hederskultur ska aldrig accepteras av Ann-Sofie Alm (M)
- Motion 2024/25:2172 — Stärkt vård och behandling för unga av Eva Lindh m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:2185 — Barnförsäkring av Amalia Rud Stenlöf och Gunilla Carlsson (båda S)
- Motion 2024/25:2196 — Placeringar på Sis av Johanna Rantsi och Sten Bergheden (båda M)
- Motion 2024/25:2198 — Nationellt register för behandlings- och familjehem av Johanna Rantsi (M)
Source: The Swedish Parliament