questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of equalising financial allowances between foster carers and kinship carers.
answerText: The department will soon begin to trial a new Kinship Allowance in a number of local authorities. Funding for this was announced at the Autumn Budget 2024.The pilot will provide all those caring for a child in a kinship arrangement with a Special Guardian...
heading: Kinship Care: Allowances