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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

Commons · Question 92028 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 25 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 67594 on Adoption Support Fund, whether the equalities impact assessment was drafted prior to the date of her Department's decisions to amend the Adoption and

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 25 Nov 2025

The equalities impact assessment (EIA) was drafted prior to the decisions to amend the adoption and special guardianship support fund. Following the announcement of the changes to the Fund, the EIA was prepared for publication and subsequently made availa...