Question follow-through · 38633
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) family finding, (b) befriending and (c) mentoring programmes.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) family finding, (b) befriending and (c) mentoring programmes.
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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20 Mar 2025
Answer published
Stable support networks and loving relationships are crucial to supporting children in care and helping care leavers to thrive.The department launched the family finding, befriending and mentoring programme in 2023. It is testing a range of programmes tha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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