Posted By john ridley Hi Linda I hope you get a few more replies but here's my lowly contribution. I will start by giving the usual risk assessment and method statement requirement and from this it will inevitably highlight the need that the person fitting the gate should be "competent" to do so. Who this is is immaterial as long as they have received an adequate level of instruction, information and training. I am not sure whether this is a practical suggestion or not but to get on the list of foster carers maybe they could initially demonstrate that they could fit the gates properly? How you deliver this is up to you, but I think anyone would be hard pressed to prove any level of negligence or breach of stautory duty if the manufacturers fitting instructions were adequate and had been followed appropriately. Hope this helps