Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 43681

Children: Disability

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

David Smith

LabourNorth Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that eligible families have access to the Support for Families with Disabled Children programme.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Each year, the Support for Families with Disabled Children (SFDC) programme provides individual grants to approximately 60,000 low-income families raising a disabled or seriously ill child. The department is pleased to support the SFDC programme and we ex...

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