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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were made under match funding arrangements to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund for (a) specialist assessments and (b) therapeutic support in each financial year since 201

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
6 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
13 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were made under match funding arrangements to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund for (a) specialist assessments and (b) therapeutic support in each financial year since 201

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 May 2025

    Answer published

    The attached table provides the information requested.Please note that the fair access limit (FAL) and match funding arrangements were introduced in October 2016. The separate FAL for specialist assessments was introduced in April 2017. However, match fun...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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