Question follow-through · 34145

Kinship Care: Education and Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children in kinship care receive adequate (a) education and (b) mental health support.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
26 Feb 2025
Target answer date
3 Mar 2025
Answer
29 Mar 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children in kinship care receive adequate (a) education and (b) mental health support.

  2. 3 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The department is committed to ensuring that children in kinship care get the support that they need to thrive. There are a number of ways in which we support their educational and mental health needs.From September 2024, the department expanded the role ...

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