Adoption Support Fund

(asked on 12th April 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will commit funding to the Adoption Support Fund beyond the financial year of 2021-22.


Answered by
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Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 19th April 2021

The Adoption Support Fund budget for the last five financial years is set out below:

2016-17: £23,925,000

2017-18: £29,000,000

2018-19: £37,000,000

2019-20: £42,000,000

2020-21: £45,000,000

There are currently no plans to change the Fund’s eligibility criteria. The next Spending Review for government departmental spend beyond the financial year of 2021-22 will consider the Adoption Support Fund and its budget, scope and eligibility criteria. We have put in place transitionary arrangements in advance of the Spending Review outcome to allow funded support to continue beyond March 2022 for those families who commence therapy in the 2021-22 financial year.

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