Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to (a) maintain funding to and (b) extend the contract for Family Rights Group’s family advice service beyond March 2022.

Departmental officials recently wrote to the Family Rights Group stating our intention, subject to internal approvals and business planning, to extend the family and friends advice service contract by 18 months. We expect to give confirmation of our decision early in 2022.