Question follow-through · 126649
Kinship Care: Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to kinship carers in (a) Bedford Borough and (b) Bedfordshire not participating in the kinship care pilot programme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 21 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to kinship carers in (a) Bedford Borough and (b) Bedfordshire not participating in the kinship care pilot programme.
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Apr 2026
Answer published
Kinship care plays a vital role in keeping children safe within their wider family networks, helping to provide stability and loving homes while reducing the need for statutory care.The department has launched the kinship allowance pilot in seven local au...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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