Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 76927
Kinship Care: Mental Health Services
Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 22 September 2025
Question
Mr Lee Dillon
Liberal Democrat — Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the mental health support needs of kinship carers and the children in their care; and what steps she is taking to improve their access to appropriate services.
Answer
Josh MacAlisterAll children, including those in kinship care, are entitled to access universal and targeted mental health services, such as NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and mental health support teams in schools. Children in kinship care who were prev...
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