Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 53369

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 2 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Michael Wheeler

LabourWorsley and Eccles

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many applications were made to and (b) what the expenditure was from the Adoption and Special Guardian Support Fund in 2024-25.

Answer

Janet Daby
In the 2024/25 financial year, the adoption and special guardianship support fund received 20,085 applications and all were approved. The expenditure was £60,355,181.91, comprising therapeutic services and administration of the fund.