Kinship Care: Finance
Commons · Question 28087 · Tabled 3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Melanie Onn
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that special guardianship and kinship carers receive adequate financial support.
Answer
Answered by Janet Daby, 11 Feb 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...