Special Guardianship Orders

(asked on 27th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research she has commissioned into the efficacy of special guardianship orders; what findings she has made about who are using these orders; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 2nd December 2014

The Department for Education has recently published a comprehensive research study investigating local authorities’ responses to special guardianship and the experiences of special guardianship families. A copy of the full report is available online at:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/investigating-special-guardianship

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