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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

Commons · Question 62928 · Tabled 25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 3 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reductions to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on (a) adoptive parents, (b) special guardians, (c) kinship carers and (d) the children

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 3 Jul 2025

The new criteria for the adoption and special guardianship support fund enable as many children and families as possible to access the available funding. The department always assesses the impact of changes on children and their families. This includes re...