Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 6239

Foster Care and Kinship Care: Finance

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Ian Lavery

LabourBlyth and Ashington

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide additional funding to equalise allowances between foster and kinship families.

Answer

Janet Daby
This government recognises the valuable and important role that kinship carers play and appreciates that they often take on this role at a time in their lives when they are least expecting to raise a family.Statutory guidance issued to local authorities m...

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