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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the capacity of (a) children and adolescent mental health services and (b) other services to support adopted and kinship cared children, in the context of the reductio

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
19 May 2025
Target answer date
21 May 2025
Answer
4 Jun 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the capacity of (a) children and adolescent mental health services and (b) other services to support adopted and kinship cared children, in the context of the reductio

  2. 21 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The government is investing an extra £680 million for mental health services, recruiting 8,500 extra mental health workers. Through our Plan for Change, we will tackle the mental health crisis and give every child a healthy start to life.The adoption and ...

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