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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

Asked by Rachael MaskellLabour (Co-op)Department for EducationTabled Answered 25 November 2025UIN 92028

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 67594 on Adoption Support Fund, whether the equalities impact assessment was drafted prior to the date of her Department's decisions to amend the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

The equalities impact assessment (EIA) was drafted prior to the decisions to amend the adoption and special guardianship support fund. Following the announcement of the changes to the Fund, the EIA was prepared for publication and subsequently made available in the House Libraries.

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