Question follow-through · 47955

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence base was used to inform the new per-child funding allocation of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
28 Apr 2025
Answer
2 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence base was used to inform the new per-child funding allocation of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.

  2. 28 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 May 2025

    Answer published

    Changes to the Fair Access Limit have been made to ensure that the maximum number of children can benefit from the fund, on the basis of forecast demand. The level of funding per child in 2025/26 will still allow adoptive and kinship families to access a ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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