{"value":{"id":1314101,"askingMemberId":4471,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-05-12T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-05-17T00:00:00","uin":"803","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to safeguard adopted children who have contact with their birth parents outside of formal contact arrangements.","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4674,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-05-17T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Local authorities have a legal duty to provide a comprehensive adoption service.</p><p>This specifically includes “Assistance, including mediation services, in relation to arrangements for contact between an adoptive child and a natural parent, natural sibling, former guardian or a related person of the adoptive child.”.</p><p>We will be working with local authorities and Regional Adoption Agencies to improve support around contact with birth relatives, including that which has started via social media.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Adoption","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1314101","method":"GET"}]}