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Select Committee
Care Leavers’ Association, Barnardo’s, and Become charity

Oral Evidence Feb. 27 2024

Inquiry: Children’s social care
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)

Found: Care Leavers’ Association, Barnardo’s, and Become charity Oral Evidence


Written Question
Universal Credit: Carers
Tuesday 21st November 2023

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the same Universal Credit work conditionality requirements apply to family and friend carers as to foster carers.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Friends and family carers, also known as kinship carers, provide incredible care to children who cannot remain with their parents. The government recognises the difficult circumstances in which many kinship carers find themselves when they first take a child into their care. As such, for the first year they are only required to attend jobcentre appointments and are not required to search or prepare for work. This allows time for adjustments to the family’s life and for the children to settle in.

The policy for foster carers reflects their particular circumstances. Universal Credit does not provide claimants with financial support for any foster children in their care and only requires foster carers to attend regular appointments rather than look for work.


Select Committee
Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB)
CSC0075 - Children’s social care

Written Evidence Feb. 06 2024

Inquiry: Children’s social care
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)

Found: CSC0075 - Children’s social care Children and Families Across Borders (CFAB) Written Evidence


Select Committee
Reform Advocates
CSC0093 - Children’s social care

Written Evidence Feb. 06 2024

Inquiry: Children’s social care
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)

Found: CSC0093 - Children’s social care Reform Advocates Written Evidence


Select Committee
Support Not Separation
CSC0071 - Children’s social care

Written Evidence Feb. 06 2024

Inquiry: Children’s social care
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)

Found: CSC0071 - Children’s social care Support Not Separation Written Evidence


Select Committee
Roma Support Group
CSC0074 - Children’s social care

Written Evidence Feb. 06 2024

Inquiry: Children’s social care
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)

Found: CSC0074 - Children’s social care Roma Support Group Written Evidence


Early Day Motion
Big East Renfrewshire Spring Lunch 2024 (6 Signatures)
25 Mar 2024
Tabled by: Kirsten Oswald (Scottish National Party - East Renfrewshire)
That this House notes that the Big East Renfrewshire Spring Lunch took place on 6th March 2024 at the Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham; recognises the wide range of local groups which took part in the lunch, including self directed support from East Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire Carers’ Centre, East Renfrewshire Disability …
Written Question
Universal Credit: Foster Care
Wednesday 22nd November 2023

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, Employment boost for thousands of parents on Universal Credit, published on 25 October 2023, if he will consider the potential merits of applying similar conditionality requirements for family and friend carers as foster carers.

Answered by Jo Churchill - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Friends and family carers, also known as kinship carers, provide incredible care to children who cannot remain with their parents. The government recognises the difficult circumstances in which many kinship carers find themselves when they first take a child into their care. As such, for the first year they are only required to attend jobcentre appointments and are not required to search or prepare for work. This allows time for adjustments to the family’s life and for the children to settle in.

The policy for foster carers reflects their particular circumstances. Universal Credit does not provide claimants with financial support for any foster children in their care and only requires foster carers to attend regular appointments rather than look for work.

We have recently made changes to lead carer (including kinship carer) conditionality – an increased frequency of jobcentre appointments for lead carers of 1 and 2 year olds, and an increase to the maximum hours of work-related activity for lead carers of 3-12s. Alongside this, we have increased support with childcare. These changes in conditionality and childcare availability are designed to provide support to lead carers of children, including kinship carers, to help them move into work or grow their earnings and provide the children in their care with the best possible start in life. We believe that this strikes the right balance.


Select Committee
Kinship
CSC0025 - Children’s social care

Written Evidence Feb. 06 2024

Inquiry: Children’s social care
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)

Found: CSC0025 - Children’s social care Kinship Written Evidence


Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Education

Apr. 02 2024

Source Page: Early years entitlements expansion: system guidance
Document: September 2024 early education and childcare entitlements expansion: local authority system guidance (PDF)

Found: beginning ‘400’ as set out in the guidance for children in foster care.