49890
2016-17
637
Adoption Support Fund
David Lammy
2016-11-02
That this House recognises the valuable role that adoptive families and adoption agencies play in providing a home and a family for adopted children; notes that many adopted children require ongoing therapy and support; welcomes the Government's decision to increase funding for the Adoption Support Fund to £23 million; regrets that the Government has implemented a fair access limit of £5,000 per child until March 2017; further notes that many adopted children have complex needs that require therapy and support that will cost more than this £5,000 limit; notes that local authority funding has been severely cut leaving local authorities unable to fund the support that many adopted children need over and above this £5,000 cap; fears that this limit will therefore lead to vulnerable children missing out on the therapy and the support that they need; notes with concern warnings from the adoption sector that this cap and the lack of support for adopted children in some cases may lead to adoption breakdown and children returning to care, an outcome that would have extremely damaging consequences for the children involved and also place an even greater burden on council budgets; and calls on the Government to clarify the details of any Adoption Support Fund cap or limit from March 2017 and to scrap any such cap or limit.
Child support
Children and families
Children's social services
Family benefits
David Lammy
2016-11-02
Proposed
Tottenham
Labour
Marie Rimmer
2016-11-02
Seconded
St Helens South and Whiston
Labour
Margaret Ritchie
2016-11-02
Seconded
South Down
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ronnie Campbell
2016-11-02
Seconded
Blyth Valley
Labour
Alistair Carmichael
2016-11-02
Seconded
Orkney and Shetland
Liberal Democrat
Virendra Sharma
2016-11-02
Seconded
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Mike Gapes
2016-11-02
Signed
Ilford South
Labour
Louise Haigh
2016-11-02
Signed
Sheffield, Heeley
Labour
Angela Eagle
2016-11-02
Signed
Wallasey
Labour
Jim Shannon
2016-11-03
Signed
Strangford
DUP
Kevin Barron
2016-11-03
Signed
Rother Valley
Labour
Tom Elliott
2016-11-07
Signed
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
UUP
Danny Kinahan
2016-11-07
Signed
South Antrim
UUP
Jim Cunningham
2016-11-07
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Margaret Hodge
2016-11-08
Signed
Barking
Labour
Barry Sheerman
2016-11-21
Signed
Huddersfield
Labour
David Crausby
2016-11-23
Signed
Bolton North East
Labour
Norman Lamb
2016-12-12
Signed
North Norfolk
Liberal Democrat