Question follow-through · 26025

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for announcing funding for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund for financial year 2025-26.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
23 Jan 2025
Target answer date
28 Jan 2025
Answer
29 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for announcing funding for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund for financial year 2025-26.

  2. 28 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how its budget will be allocated for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) are being made as part of these discu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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