Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 99084

Kinship Care: Finance

Tabled: 10 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to extend the Kinship Allowance programme to all eligible local authorities.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
Following the Care Review, the government appointed the first ever National Kinship Care Ambassador and updated the Kinship Care Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities, which can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/670d3ed5e84a...

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