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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

Asked by Tom GordonLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 14 October 2025UIN 77724

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date she decided to reduce the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund fair access limit to £3,000 in 2025-26.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

The decision to set the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) fair access limit at £3,000 for 2025/26 was taken as part of departmental business planning decisions in the spring, following the announcement to Parliament on 1 April that the ASGSF would be continuing into 2025/26.

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