Kinship Care: Finance
Commons · Question 21375 · Tabled 19 Dec 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, What steps her Department is taking to ensure that kinship families receive financial support similar to that of (a) foster and (b) adoptive families.
Answer
Answered by Janet Daby, 10 Jan 2025
The department recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children, and the role of local authorities to support them.As local authorities know their carers best, they have the power to decide what fin...