Question follow-through · 127664
Kinship Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take legislative steps to ensure kinship carers receive an allowance equivalent to that provided to foster carers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take legislative steps to ensure kinship carers receive an allowance equivalent to that provided to foster carers.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Apr 2026
Answer published
Kinship carers play a vital role in providing stable, loving homes for children who cannot live with their parents, and the government recognises the significant contribution they make.The department is testing the impact of financial support through the ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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