Question follow-through · 48877

Adoption and Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that children and families in adoption and kinship care receive adequate (a) local service support and (b) therapeutic interventions.

answeredDepartment for Education

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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

  1. 29 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that children and families in adoption and kinship care receive adequate (a) local service support and (b) therapeutic interventions.

  2. 1 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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