Question follow-through · 46703
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department consulted with its (a) kinship carer and (b) adopter reference groups before the decision to change the funding arrangements for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support fund in the
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department consulted with its (a) kinship carer and (b) adopter reference groups before the decision to change the funding arrangements for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support fund in the
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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1 May 2025
Answer published
The changes made to the adoption and special guardianship support fund will enable the funding to be accessed by the maximum number of children and families. This level of funding will still allow eligible adoptive and kinship children to access a signifi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce the 10 trial local authorities for the Kinship Allowance Pilot paid at an equivalent rate to the fostering National Minimum Allowance.
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