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Adoption: Young People

Asked by Kim JohnsonLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 15 January 2026UIN 102887

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending support for adopted children up to the age of 25.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

When a young person has an education, health and care plan, they are eligible for the adoption and special guardianship support fund up to the age of 25. This is on the basis that these young people are likely to be in the greatest longer-term need. Otherwise, young people are eligible up to the age of 21.

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