Written questions

Children in Care: Mental Health Services

Commons · Question 39991 · Tabled 20 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 29 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the adoption and special guardianship and support fund on looked after children's access to mental health (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment in South Cambri

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 29 Mar 2025

The adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) provides trauma- and attachment-related therapy and specialist assessments for children and families, where the child has previously been in local authority care and has been adopted or is under a...