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Written Question
Children in Care
Wednesday 29th October 2025

Asked by: Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat - Chichester)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available at age 18 to young people who were in care during early childhood before being (a) adopted or (b) placed under alternative permanency arrangements.

Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Young people who were in care before being adopted or placed under a Special Guardianship Order or Care Arrangements Order remain eligible for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund until the age of 21, or 25 if they have an education, health and care plan.

Adopted individuals aged 18 and over also have the legal right to access their birth and adoption records. Support is available through local authorities and registered adoption agencies to help them understand their adoption history and, where appropriate, reconnect with birth relatives.

Additionally, some children with kinship foster carers are entitled to leaving care support. This includes support from a Personal Adviser up to the age of 25, and support to engage in education, employment or training. This also includes providing continuity of support and relationships through the Staying Put programme and investing in family-finding, mentoring and befriending programmes.

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Education

Oct. 28 2025

Source Page: Using the apprenticeship service as a training provider
Document: Using the apprenticeship service as a training provider (webpage)
Select Committee
Letter from Chris Coghlan MP Member of Parliament for Dorking and Horley on Solving the SEND Crisis, dated 16.10.2025 and response dated 28.10.2025

Correspondence Oct. 28 2025

Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)
Select Committee
Letter from Secretary of State for Education on Children's literacy, dated 20.10.25

Correspondence Oct. 28 2025

Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)
Select Committee
Letter to Minister for Children and Families on publication of cross-government response to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner's Report dated, 28.10.2025

Correspondence Oct. 28 2025

Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)
Select Committee
Letter from Secretary of State for Education on Publication of the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, dated 20.10.25

Correspondence Oct. 28 2025

Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)
Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Education

Oct. 28 2025

Source Page: Home to school transport: local authority data collection
Document: Home to school transport: local authority data collection (webpage)
Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Education

Oct. 28 2025

Source Page: Education Secretary sets timeline for RAAC removal in schools
Document: Education Secretary sets timeline for RAAC removal in schools (webpage)
Scheduled Event - 28 Oct 2025, 9:15 a.m. - Add to calendar
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Commons - Education Committee - Oral evidence - Select & Joint Committees
Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) and management of school estates
Written Question
Breakfast Clubs
Tuesday 28th October 2025

Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in the early adopter scheme free breakfast clubs are eligible for free school meals.

Answered by Olivia Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

From the start of summer term 2025, we have funded 750 schools to deliver a free breakfast club as part of our early adopter scheme. All reception to year 6 pupils at these schools are able to access the free clubs.

Early adopter schools were selected based on a range of characteristics so that the department can test and learn with as many different types of schools as possible. The early adopter schools have an average Free School Meals eligibility rate of around 30%.

So far, we have delivered over 2.6 million breakfasts and offered places to almost 180,000 pupils across the country, including nearly 79,000 pupils in disadvantaged areas.