Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 99487

Adoption: Children in Care

Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Fabian Hamilton

LabourLeeds North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support she is providing to adoptive families when attempting to return a child to care.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
Returning a child to care should only ever be a last resort. We recognise the significant emotional and practical strain adoptive parents can face, particularly when managing complex needs and trauma. Our priority is to keep families together wherever pos...

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