Question follow-through · 34664

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund funding not being extended beyond March 2025 on children receiving therapy through that fund

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Feb 2025
Target answer date
7 Mar 2025
Answer
20 Mar 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund funding not being extended beyond March 2025 on children receiving therapy through that fund

  2. 7 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The department will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how we will allocate our budget for the next financial year. All decisions regarding the future of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) are being considered as ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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