Question follow-through · 29921

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will renew the Adoption and special guardianship support fund for 2025.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
7 Feb 2025
Target answer date
11 Feb 2025
Answer
17 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will renew the Adoption and special guardianship support fund for 2025.

  2. 11 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how we will allocate the department’s budget for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the adoption and special guardianship support fund are being made as part of these d...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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