Kinship Care: Young People
Commons · Question 64962 · Tabled 3 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Cat Eccles
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the post- (a) 16 and (b) 18 support for young people raised in kinship.
Answer
Answered by Janet Daby, 14 Jul 2025
This government is committed to ensuring more children are supported in a strong kinship care arrangement, avoiding care where possible, because we know that this leads to better outcomes.We are legislating through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bil...