Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund have been (a) approved, (b) partially approved and (c) refused in each of the last three financial years.

The current timetable is for the government's response to the consultation on Adoption Support to be published in the autumn.

In relation to self-funded support, adoptive parents may commission services directly, provided that the organisation delivering those services is registered with Ofsted. For children living under kinship care arrangements, families may self-fund support from any provider and there is no requirement for that provider to be registered with Ofsted. As always, there is the option for local authorities or regional adoption agencies to ‘top-up’ the Fair Access Limit from their own funds.

Note: There were no applications partially approved.