Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 21375
Kinship Care: Finance
Tabled: 19 December 2024
Answered: 10 January 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, What steps her Department is taking to ensure that kinship families receive financial support similar to that of (a) foster and (b) adoptive families.
Answer
Janet DabyThe department recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children, and the role of local authorities to support them.As local authorities know their carers best, they have the power to decide what fin...
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