Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 19527

Kinship Care: Finance

Tabled: 11 December 2024

Answered: 19 December 2024

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide additional funding to help support kinship carers.

Answer

Janet Daby

The government recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children. On 27 October 2024, the government announced a £40 million package to trial a new Kinship Allowance in up to ten local authorities to...

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