Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on expanding the scope of legal aid to cover special guardianship orders in private family proceedings as set out in Legal Support Action Plan, published February 2019; and if he will meet interested parties, including the all-party Parliamentary group on Kinship Care.

I am pleased to confirm that the Government intends to bring forward secondary legislation to expand the scope of legal aid to Special Guardianship Orders in Autumn 2022 to deliver on the commitment made in the Legal Support Action Plan, published in 2019.