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Guardianship and Kinship Care |
| Question ID: |
1823127 |
| UIN: |
HL9404 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-14 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4951 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Hampton
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hampton
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to improve consistency, fairness and transparency in the provision of special guardianship allowances concurrently with the Kinship Allowance Pilot. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-08-04 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
The kinship allowance pilot will provide financial support to eligible kinship carers with a Special Guardianship Order or a ‘lives with’ Child Arrangement Order where the child would have otherwise been in care. These carers will receive a weekly non-mea... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |