Written questions

Kinship Care: Finance

Commons · Question 26242 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 31 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on improving financial support for kinship carers.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 31 Jan 2025

The government recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children. Kinship carers often take on this role at a time when they were least expecting to raise a family and we recognise the challenges the...