Support for Kinship Carers — [Martin Vickers in the Chair]

Part of Backbench Business – in Westminster Hall am 2:38 pm ar 14 Medi 2023.

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Photo of Andrew Gwynne Andrew Gwynne Shadow Minister (Social Care) 2:38, 14 Medi 2023

I am grateful to the Minister for covering this point. It is not quite as simple as he is making out, because a number of local authorities—my own included—make it very difficult for people to access those services through that fund, unless they have gone through all kinds of hoops and loops with other statutory services prior to making an application. Will the Minister ensure that all local authorities understand that the message coming from him is that those services should be available to kinship carers?