Kinship Care: Disability
Commons · Question 26243 · 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 recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of support for kinship carers raising disabled children.
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.In October 2024, we published the kinship care statutory guidance for local authorities, which sets out the support and services local...