Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to p.19 of the Stable Homes, Built on Love consultation, published in February 2023, how will the investment of £9 million for training and support for kinship carers be spent.

Following on from the progress and positive impact of the peer-to-peer support contract, the department will deliver a package of training and support that all kinship carers in England can access if they wish to, regardless of whether they have a legal order in place. This will go live from Spring 2024.

​The department was successful in obtaining a supplier, providing the best value for money, to deliver the training commitment made in Stable Homes, Built on Love. The department will be working with the charity Kinship to deliver this £3 million programme of training and support.

This programme will include online and face-to-face training on all aspects of kinship care.