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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 3 April 2025UIN 42662

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of recipients will lose entitlement to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on 31 March 2025.

Answered by Janet Daby

On 1 April, it was announced that the adoption and special guardianship support fund would continue into 2025/26, with a budget of £50 million. A further announcement about arrangements for applications will be made as soon as possible. All applications will continue to be assessed on an individual basis in line with published criteria.

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