Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 76926

Kinship Care: Finance

Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 7 October 2025

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the number of kinship carers who will not be eligible for the new Kinship Allowance Pilot.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
There is a duty on children’s services to arrange special guardianship support services in the local areas. Under section 14F of the Children Act 1989, “each local authority must make arrangements for the provision within their area of special guardianshi...

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