Question follow-through · 14751
Free School Meals: Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government has assessed the combined impact of reducing adoption support funding while also changing school meal eligibility.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Education and skills
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government has assessed the combined impact of reducing adoption support funding while also changing school meal eligibility.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2026
Answer published
The adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) provides important therapeutic support for adopted and special guardianship order children. The changes made in 2025/26 financial year were to ensure support for all those applying for ASGSF. The ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Adoption: Compensation
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration she has given to awarding compensation to individuals impacted by forced adoptions.
Children: Reading
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Pupils: Disability Aids
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has undertaken into the functionality of free mainstream spelling and grammar software for students with specific learning difficulties and other disabilities compared with specia