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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

Asked by Michael WheelerLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 2 June 2025UIN 53369

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many applications were made to and (b) what the expenditure was from the Adoption and Special Guardian Support Fund in 2024-25.

Answered by Janet Daby

In the 2024/25 financial year, the adoption and special guardianship support fund received 20,085 applications and all were approved. The expenditure was £60,355,181.91, comprising therapeutic services and administration of the fund.

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