Question follow-through · 49068
Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve (a) early intervention and (b) post-adoption support for (i) adoptive parents and (ii) local authorities.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 29 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 19 May 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve (a) early intervention and (b) post-adoption support for (i) adoptive parents and (ii) local authorities.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2025
Answer published
The government’s goal is to ensure all adoptive families receive ongoing support from the moment the child is placed with them and throughout their childhood, delivering on the government’s mission to provide all children with the best start in life and b...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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