Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 28087

Kinship Care: Finance

Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025

Question

Melanie Onn

LabourGreat Grimsby and Cleethorpes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that special guardianship and kinship carers receive adequate financial support.

Answer

Janet Daby
The government recognises the important role that kinship carers play in caring for some of the most vulnerable children. Kinship carers often take on this role at a time when they were least expecting to raise a family and we recognise the challenges the...

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