On 11 January 2021 Children’s Minister Vicky Ford confirmed funding for the Adoption Support Fund will be continuing for the next financial year of 2021-22.

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Published: 24 March 2020
From: CASA

These are truly frightening times for all of us and may be more scary for some adoptive families. The huge changes that have been made to keep families safe may be unsettling for some children and it may be difficult for parents to reassure them when they too are worried.

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Published: 16 January 2020
From: Adoption UK

Children’s Minister Michelle Donelan has written to all Directors of Children’s Services expressing concern about falling numbers of adoptions and confirming that adoption will be a priority for the new government, as a route to permanence for children in care.

The letter states:

‘We are determined to […]

£45 million boost to help adoptive families adjust to their new lives together.

Published 22 December 2019
From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP

Thousands more children in care are set to benefit from stable, loving families following a £45 million […]

Information on looked-after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2018 to 2019 has been published by the Department for Education.

The number of children looked after continue to rise…

Children looked after in England (including adoption), year ending 31 March baseline statistics are listed below:

The number of children […]

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announces further funding to support adopted children and their families.

Adoptive families and children are set to benefit from a multi-million pound investment into programmes aimed at helping them overcome past trauma, the Education Secretary announced in a speech today.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson

Gavin Williamson announced further funding for the […]

Michelle Donelan has been appointed caretaker Children and Families Minister as recently appointed minister, Kemi Badenoch, begins her maternity leave.

Michelle Donelan

Ms Donelan, the MP for Chippenham, was appointment just five weeks after Badenoch landed the role in the Prime Minister’s summer reshuffle.

A skills minister was not appointed in the recent reshuffle and […]

Kemi Badenoch has been appointed Children and Families Minister as part of the new Prime Ministers’ drastic reshuffle.

Kemi Badenoch

The Saffron Waldon MP was appointed following Nadhim Zahawi’s move to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, after approximately 18 months in the role. Mr Zahawi said the new minister will be “a […]