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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.nfn - there are no laws in the UK regarding bedroom sharing between siblings of different sexes in private accommodation, even after one of the siblings turns 16.
There are guidelines issued by individual local social services, but there is no law. The guidelines state that children over the age of 12 should not share a room if they are of different genders, but this only applies if you are in council, housing association or similar social accommodation.
However, if you foster a child privately, then this is covered by the Children Act 1989:
"1.4.31 The assessment should also include living and sleeping facilities and the effect of possible overcrowding. Where a child is to share a bedroom with another member of the household, particular attention should be given to ensuring that the arrangements will not be prejudicial to his welfare. It is essential for a child to have his own bed. Under normal circumstances a private foster child, over the age of two, should not share a bedroom with a teenager, the private foster carer or other adult member of the household."
So, in conclusion, you can let your own natural child share a bedroom until he or she is an adult, but a foster child cannot share a bedroom with a teenage sibling after the age of two.
What a mixed up world we live in where one child has more rights than another because of an accident of birth!
you might like to get in touch with a local, independend advocacy service for children classed as looked after by social services. i found the following for Norfolk:
http://www.voiceyp.or...lic/default.asp?id=94