Question follow-through · 78156

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: Tyne and Wear

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund applications that received match-funding in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) North Tyneside in (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 20

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 10 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 15 Oct 2025
Answer: 10 Nov 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund applications that received match-funding in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne and (b) North Tyneside in (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 20
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Nov 2025
Answer published
The table below confirms the information requested. Financial yearNewcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside ApplicationsMatch fundedApplicationsMatch funded2023/245725302024/25431441

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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