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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

Asked by Charlotte NicholsLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 55379

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with (a) Adoption UK and (b) other representative organisations to discuss the adoption and special guardianship support fund.

Answered by Janet Daby

In my role as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, I have recently met with Adoption UK and other representative organisations to discuss the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) and other issues during the adoption sector roundtable on 21 May 2025.

I also met with adopters at the Adoption Reference Group meeting on 6 May 2025, which again discussed the ASGSF, as well as other adoption support issues.

The department is intending further engagement with sector bodies on the approach to managing the ASGSF in future years.

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