Question follow-through · 116235

Kinship Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Kinship Allowance Pilot will commence; and when she plans to publish the list of the ten selected local authorities participating in that pilot.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
4 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Kinship Allowance Pilot will commence; and when she plans to publish the list of the ten selected local authorities participating in that pilot.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The department announced on 27 February that the Kinship Allowance pilot will be delivered through the new Kinship Zones programme, which will operate in seven local authority areas: Bexley, Bolton, Newcastle, North East Lincolnshire, Medway, Thurrock and...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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