Question follow-through · 102887
Adoption: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending support for adopted children up to the age of 25.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 5 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending support for adopted children up to the age of 25.
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2026
Answer published
When a young person has an education, health and care plan, they are eligible for the adoption and special guardianship support fund up to the age of 25. This is on the basis that these young people are likely to be in the greatest longer-term need. Other...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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