Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 46343

Children: Disability

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 9 May 2025

Question

Daniel Francis

LabourBexleyheath and Crayford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to the Support for Families with Disabled Children programme; and what her planned timeline is for reopening the 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 e...

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