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Commons Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) they leave care, and one in four homeless people have been in care at some point in their lives, as - Speech Link
2: None system and care leavers is not on. - Speech Link
3: None me to add the families of kinship carers to that category. - Speech Link
4: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) it would be effective.Helping care leavers to make a successful transition from care to independence - Speech Link

Select Committee
Letter from Baroness Drake, Chair of the Constitution Committee, to Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, following up on the Committee oral evidence session with Lord Chancellor on 20 March 2024

Correspondence Apr. 23 2024

Committee: Constitution Committee

Found: • Is late exploration of family and friends as a potential alternative care option for children contributing

Deposited Papers

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.
Document: 195._Work_Focused_Interview_regime_V11.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: fostering couple where: o a foster child under 16 is placed with them o a qualifying young person ’s care

Deposited Papers

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.
Document: 183._Unearned_income_V19.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: pension protection fund payments • claimant s must declare Welsh Basic Income Scheme payments for care

Deposited Papers

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.
Document: 002Additional_amount_for_children_V34.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: otherwise be likely to be looked after by the local authority • a kinship care arrangement for

Deposited Papers

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.
Document: 066._Fair_Start_Scotland_programme_V7.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: Fair Start Scotland tackles barriers to work by linking up with health and social care providers and

Written Question
Carers
Monday 22nd April 2024

Asked by: Holly Mumby-Croft (Conservative - Scunthorpe)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on the roll out of the Championing Kinship Care strategy; and what her planned timetable is for deploying it nationally.

Answered by David Johnston - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

In December 2023, the department published 'Championing Kinship Care', which is the first ever national kinship care strategy. The department is investing £20 million of funding in the 2024/25 financial year for Championing Kinship Care to help move towards a children’s social care system with kinship at its heart.

Since the publication of Championing Kinship Care, the department has:

  • Published its recruitment campaign for the first ever Kinship Ambassador
  • Published updated local authority funding allocations for the 2024/25 financial year for Virtual School Heads, including the £3.8 million uplift to cover their extended duties to promote the educational outcomes of children in kinship care.
  • Launched a package of training and support that will be delivered by Kinship. The service will provide both online and in-person training sessions for kinship carers and will cover topics such as contact with parents, how to register for a new school and support with caring for teenagers.

The department will provide an update on the financial allowance pathfinder programme in the coming months.

Lords Chamber
Children and Young People: Local Authority Care - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Wood of Anfield (Lab - Life peer) At the moment, however, only 15% of all children in care are in kinship care. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Newcastle (Bshp - Bishops) With kinship care having clear benefits over other care arrangements, when will the sacrifices of kinship - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) That is why we are championing kinship care arrangements through our first kinship care strategy and - Speech Link

Select Committee
Kinship, Adoption UK, and The Fostering Network

Oral Evidence Apr. 16 2024

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

Found: Kinship, Adoption UK, and The Fostering Network Oral Evidence

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Putting Langholm on the Map - Tue 16 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: Mundell, Oliver (Con - Dumfriesshire) sons and their families, who were back in Langholm recently.That was followed by a proclamation of kinship - Speech Link
2: Whittle, Brian (Con - South Scotland) Accessing hospital care, especially emergency care, is precarious at best, with accidents on trunk roads - Speech Link