{"value":{"id":1824342,"memberId":269,"member":null,"memberRole":"Minister of State (Minister for Skills) and Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities)","uin":"HLWS840","dateMade":"2025-07-17T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","title":"Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund – Equalities Impact Assessment","text":"<p>My Honourable Friend, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, The Minister for Children and Families (Janet Daby MP), has made the following statement:</p><p>On 14 April 2025, the Department announced changes to the management criteria of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.</p><p>As with all policy decisions, my officials carefully considered the impact of these changes on vulnerable children and families.</p><p>In the interests of transparency, the Department is making the Equalities Impact Assessment (EIA) available to view, and I will place a copy of the EIA in the Libraries of both Houses.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1824322,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2025-07-17T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1824342","method":"GET"}]}