Question follow-through · 48876
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the fair access limit of the adoption and special guardianship support fund on families; and what steps she is taking to ensure that children cov
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 29 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 May 2025
- Answer
- 8 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the fair access limit of the adoption and special guardianship support fund on families; and what steps she is taking to ensure that children cov
1 May 2025
Target answer date
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8 May 2025
Answer published
The department’s recently published policy paper specified that families should receive support immediately when the child is placed, delivering on our mission to provide children with the best start in life. Regular discussions are held with other depart...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Possible follow-up questions
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Higher Education: Disadvantaged
12 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to help reduce regional disparities in (a) exam results and (b) access to higher education.
Education: Career Development
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Foster Care: Domestic Abuse
13 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to (a) provide specific advice and (b) increase the level of support available for foster parents when facing abusive or controlling behaviours from their foster child’s birth parents.
Orphans: Databases
13 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will create a register of all orphaned children in the UK that includes (a) the living situation of the child and (b) any support offered to (i) the child and (ii) any person with caring responsibilities
Kinship Care: Advisory Services
13 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to encourage (a) children’s services, (b) educational institutes and (c) health services to direct all new kinship carers to (i) charities dedicated to kinship car
Kinship Care
13 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) levels of recognition of kinship care and (b) the lack of a kinship carers identity card on kinship carers when they interact with (i) schools, (ii) h
Kinship Care: Identity Cards
13 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) feasibility and (b) potential merits of implementing a national kinship care identity card.
Sure Start Programme
30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of restoring Sure Start funding to its initial level.
Children: Poverty
30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to reduce child poverty.
Pre-school Education: Standards
30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help reduce the number of children starting school without basic early-years skills.
Pre-school Education: Standards
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Sure Start Programme: Greater Manchester
30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have (a) closed and (b) been converted into children’s centre linked sites in Greater Manchester since 2010.