Question follow-through · 15792

Adoption and Children in Care: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve services to support adopted and looked after children transitioning to adulthood.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
3 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve services to support adopted and looked after children transitioning to adulthood.

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Through our ‘Adoption Support that Works for All’ consultation on the future of adoption support, the department is seeking evidence from groups including young people, adopters and carers about the support they would like to see made available, including...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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