Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for (a) extension of, (b) the size of and (c) changes to the operation of the Adoption Support Fund following the end of 2021-22.
On 1 February 2022, we announced that the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) will continue to offer invaluable support to eligible adoptive and special guardianship families up to March 2025. This will take us to the 10th consecutive year of funding for the ASF.
Further announcements on the scope, budget, and operation of the ASF from April 2022 will be made shortly.