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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

Asked by Dr Al PinkertonLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 12 December 2025UIN 97351

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

This financial year, the department has invested £50 million into the adoption and special guardianship support fund. We have approved applications for nearly 14,000 children since April, for both therapy and specialist assessments. We continue to review the impact of the changes to funding made in April 2025.

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