Question follow-through · 94834
Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy and availability of therapeutic support for adoptive families; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy and effectiveness of signposting to support services
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy and availability of therapeutic support for adoptive families; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy and effectiveness of signposting to support services
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
This financial year, the department has invested £50 million into the adoption and special guardianship support fund. We have approved applications for nearly 14,000 children since April for both therapy and specialist assessments. We continue to review t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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