Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 26243

Kinship Care: Disability

Tabled: 23 January 2025

Answered: 31 January 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of support for kinship carers raising disabled children.

Answer

Janet Daby

The government recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children.In October 2024, we published the kinship care statutory guidance for local authorities, which sets out the support and services local...

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