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Adoption: Mental Health Services

Commons · Question 111170 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 13 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report from the All Party Parliamentary Group for Adoption and Permanence entitled Adoptee Voices, published on 28 January 2026, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Heal

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 13 Feb 2026

The ‘Adoptee Voices’ publication enabled the department to hear directly from adoptees and about their experience of trauma and mental health provision, such provision must be informed by lived experience as well as clinical evidence. The department recen...