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.

answeredDepartment for Education

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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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 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.

  2. 7 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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