Question follow-through · 49688
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she has provided to (a) local authorities and (b) families on the special assessments section of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 9 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Speech and Language Therapy: Children · 1 May 2025
- School Meals: Procurement · 11 Jun 2025
- Department for Education: Disability · 2 Sept 2025
- Agriculture and Food: Curriculum · 3 Feb 2026
- Agriculture and Horticulture: Vocational Education · 3 Feb 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she has provided to (a) local authorities and (b) families on the special assessments section of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 May 2025
Answer published
Detailed guidance has been provided to local authorities and regional adoption agencies about the recent changes to the adoption and special guardianship support fund, including regarding specialist assessments. Similar information has been shared with st...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Speech and Language Therapy: Children
1 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to lower waiting times for speech therapy for children.
School Meals: Procurement
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to align school food procurement with the Government’s (a) horticulture strategy and (b) food security objectives.
Department for Education: Disability
2 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people with disabilities were employed in her Department on 2 September 2025.
Agriculture and Food: Curriculum
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to embed practical food, nature, and sustainability education across the national curriculum from EYFS to post-16, including T Levels.
Agriculture and Horticulture: Vocational Education
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department is ensuring that young people gain practical, vocational skills in regenerative farming, agroecology, and sustainable horticulture.
Agriculture: Vocational Education
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to align apprenticeship standards, T Levels, and other vocational qualifications with future food system needs.
Environment and Food: Pre-school Education
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department is ensuring that early year’s provision includes learning about food, soil, biodiversity, and ecosystems.
Food: Education
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to help tackle inequalities in access to healthy, minimally processed food through education.
Environment and Food: Curriculum
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that curriculum, vocational training, and teacher development programs are used to promote students' understanding of ecosystems, soil health, and climate adaptation within th
Special Educational Needs: Training
21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that Initial Teacher Training equips all new teachers with the skills to deliver adaptive teaching for children with speech and language challenges.
Special Educational Needs: Wales
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of Welsh ALN reforms; and what steps she is taking to ensure that requirements for schools and settings to produce Individu
Special Educational Needs
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support children who do not meet the criteria for Specialist Provision Packages but require direct and ongoing support.