Question follow-through · 39488

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to assess the outcomes of the kinship allowance trial scheme.

answeredDepartment for Education

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
28 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Education and skills

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department plans to assess the outcomes of the kinship allowance trial scheme.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The government recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children.In October 2024, we announced a £40 million package to trial a kinship allowance in up to ten local authorities. The pilot will provid...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Young Futures Hubs

16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on establishing Young Futures Hubs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Young Futures Hubs: Finance

16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding allocated to his Department during the Spending Review 2025 is committed to establishing Young Futures Hubs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Young Futures Hubs

16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to identify early adopter areas for Young Future Hubs; and what her planned timetable is for launching these.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Young Futures Hubs

16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she is having with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the role of Young Futures Hubs in the prevention of serious youth violence.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Young Futures Hubs

16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions is she having with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on (a) the consultation on a new National Youth Strategy and (b) the implications of the strategy for Young Futures Hubs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Lifelong Learning Entitlement

16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on implementing the Lifelong Learning Entitlement.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Young Futures Hubs

16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she (a) has had and (b) plans to have with stakeholders on the delivery model for Young Futures Hubs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Young Futures Hubs

16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the delivery model for Young Futures Hubs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Defibrillators

18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of defibrillators in schools.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Defibrillators

18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of levels of (a) training in defibrillator use and (b) mental health support available to school staff required to respond to cardiac incidents.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Free School Meals

18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of free school meal entitled children not being automatically registered on the levels of (a) relative child poverty, (b) deep poverty, and (c) very deep pov

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Free School Meals

18 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of automatically enrolling eligible children for free school meals.