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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1719450/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Kinship Care Strategy published on 15 December 2023, what criteria is used to allocate children's social care services; and what steps her Department is taking to support kinship carers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4620", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ellie Reeves"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1718881", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1718881/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>\u2018Championing Kinship Care\u2019, which was published on 15 December 2023, sets out the department\u2019s vision for a future kinship care system and how kinship carers can be better supported, so that more children can thrive. The department is investing £20 million of funding in 2024/25 to help move towards a children\u2019s social care system with kinship at its heart.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department will launch a Pathfinder programme in 2024 in up to eight local authorities to provide special guardian kinship carers, who care for previously looked after children, with a financial allowance to be paid at the same rate as foster care. This programme will be backed by an investment of £16 million in 2024/25 and the department will explore expanding eligibility to broader cohorts of kinship carers and all local authorities in the future, subject to the findings of our evaluation. The department is currently working through the criteria for the eight local authorities, and will share further information on the Pathfinder in the coming months.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department also announced £3.8 million in 2024/25 to expand the role of Virtual School Heads to specifically include championing the education, attendance and attainment of children in kinship care. Local authority funding allocations were published in March 2024 and the role extension will come into effect from September 2024.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department is also delivering a package of training and support that all kinship carers across England can access if they wish to within this Spending Review period. The department is pleased to confirm the charity Kinship as the successful training partner and that the service went live in April 2024.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on the implementation of the National Kinship Care Strategy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/5000", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Strathern"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1700522", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1700522/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>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\u2019s social care system with kinship at its heart.<\/p><p>Since the publication of Championing Kinship Care, the department has:<\/p><ul><li>Published its recruitment campaign for the first ever Kinship Ambassador<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p>The department will provide an update on the financial allowance pathfinder programme in the coming months.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4867", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft"}
      }
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1692457", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1692457/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Milton Keynes North, to the answer of 12 February 2024 to Question <a href=\"https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-05/13186\" target=\"_blank\">13186<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Carers"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2024 to Question 13186 on Carers, whether the training and information that will be accessible via the supplier Kinship\u2019s website performs the function of a portal.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4836", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ben Everitt"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ben Everitt"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1687629", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1687629/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The department\u2019s national kinship strategy, Championing Kinship Care, which was published in December 2023, has allocated £20 million in the next financial year to prioritise kinship care.<\/p><p>One of the commitments in Championing Kinship Care is to deliver a package of training and support that all kinship carers across England can access from this spring.<\/p><p>All training and information will be accessible via the supplier Kinship\u2019s website, and the department currently has no plans to assess the merits of a centralised portal.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4761", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Johnston"}
        }
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Carers"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the policy paper entitled Championing kinship care: national kinship care strategy, published on 15 December 2023, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a portal to (a) centralise guidance and (b) help support (i) kinship carers and (ii) schools.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4836", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ben Everitt"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ben Everitt"}
      ], "uin" : "13186"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1684867", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1684867/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In order to strengthen the requirements around visiting and accompanying in a range of health and care settings, we recently introduced legislation to make visiting and accompanying a Care Quality Commission fundamental standard of care. Settings will be inspected against this standard, which will come into force on 6 April 2024.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4527", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Helen Whately"}
        }
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-01-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Carers"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of issuing carers' permits to support carers to (a) keep in contact with and (b) accompany patients in care settings.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4603", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Preet Kaur Gill"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1677433", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1677433/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>This summer, I met with NHS England and ministerial counterparts as part of the cross-government roundtable on unpaid carers. We discussed the identification of unpaid carers, including young carers, which continues to be an important area of work. NHS England set out how it plans to continue important work to identify, involve and support unpaid carers by, for example, enhancing the NHS App.<\/p><p>The Adult Social Care reform white paper, \u2018People at the Heart of Care\u2019, which was published December 2021, addressed identifying unpaid carers through increasing the use of markers in National Health Service electronic health records, by simplifying current approaches to data collection and registration.<\/p><p>On 17 October 2022, NHS England wrote to all general practitioner practices about the importance of identifying carers and advising how caring status should be recorded on patient records.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4527", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Helen Whately"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with NHS England on using its (a) structures and (b) delivery mechanisms to identify unpaid carers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1671785", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1671785/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As part of the commitments outlined in 'Stable Homes, Built on Love', the department made a commitment to implement or explore each of the Independent Review of Children\u2019s Social Care\u2019s recommendations on kinship care.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department is in the final stages of drafting its kinship strategy, which outlines plans to enhance support for all kinship families in England. This strategy will complement the existing support initiatives offered by the department, such as the peer-to-peer support service.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Following on from the progress and positive impact of the peer-to-peer support contract, the department will deliver a package of training and support that all kinship carers in England can access if they wish to, regardless of whether they have a legal order in place. This will be implemented from Spring 2024.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Statutory guidance issued to local authorities already makes it clear that children and young people should receive the support that they and their carers need to safeguard and promote their welfare. There is no limit on the level of support, including financial support, that local authorities can provide. All local authorities should have in place clear eligibility criteria in relation to the provision of support services.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department has committed to work across government to explore possible additional workplace entitlements for kinship carers with a Special Guardianship Order (SGO) or Child Arrangement Order (CAO), as well as exploring the case for mandating a financial allowance for kinship carers with SGOs and CAOs in every local authority. Further details will be shared in due course.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of support for kinship carers (a) nationally and (b) in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/5000", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alistair Strathern"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Alistair Strathern"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1671788", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1671788/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The department is committed to delivering this strategy this year and to improving outcomes for children in kinship care. This is part of a wider, once in a generation reset to the children\u2019s social care system, as set out in \u2018Stable Homes, Built on Love\u2019, which aims to rebalance the children\u2019s social care system away from costly crisis intervention, towards meaningful and effective help for families, to deliver better outcomes for children.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish the National Kinship strategy by the end of 2023.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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