Department for Education written question – answered at on 12 April 2016.
Royston Smith
Conservative, Southampton, Itchen
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2016 to Question 30139, what steps she plans to take to expand grant funding projects to other local authorities to support young carers under the age of 16, similar to that provided by Suffolk family carers.
Edward Timpson
Minister of State (Education)
My Department will make decisions about grant funding for further work to support young carers on the basis of:
the quantitative research report on young carers in England;
the evaluation reports of the programmes of work carried out by Suffolk Family Carers and Carers Trust; and
evidence submitted to the Government’s carers strategy call for evidence https://consultations.dh.gov.uk/carers/how-can-we-improve-support-for-carers
The research and evaluation reports are due this year.
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