Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 60670
Special Guardianship Orders: Kinship Care
Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025
Question
Luke Murphy
Labour — Basingstoke
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of local authority compliance with the requirement to provide support plans to kinship carers under Special Guardianship Orders.
Answer
Janet DabyThere is a general duty on local authorities to arrange for the provision of special guardianship support services in their local areas.Children who were previously looked after by a local authority, and their special guardians, have an automatic right to...
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