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Disability: Grants

Asked by Helen HayesLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 7 April 2025UIN 39482

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to confirm the future of the Support for Families with Disabilities grant scheme for future financial years.

Answered by Janet Daby

Each year, the Support for Families with Disabled Children programme provides individual grants to approximately 60,000 low-income families raising a disabled or seriously ill child. The department is currently running a business planning exercise which will conclude with funding for programmes announced shortly.

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