Kinship Care: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to carry out kinship carers pilot trials in eight local authority areas.
Answered by Janet Daby
Through the Autumn Budget 2024, this government announced a £40 million package to trial a new kinship allowance in up to 10 local authorities to test whether paying an allowance to cover the additional costs of supporting the child can help increase the number of children taken in by family members and friends. This trial will help the department make decisions about future national rollout. The department will share further detail on the process for selecting the local authorities taking part in the programme in due course.
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