Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 76926
Kinship Care: Finance
Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 7 October 2025
Question
Mr Lee Dillon
Liberal Democrat — Newbury
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 MacAlisterThere 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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