Written question asked by Lord Hampton (Crossbench) on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 December 2025. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 December 2025 on behalf of the Department for Education.
Children in Care: Education
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to follow the government of Scotland in providing matched funding for incentivised learning of life skills for young people in care through the Share Foundation’s Stepladder PLUS programme.
- Answer
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We want to ensure that children leaving care have stable homes, access to health services, support to build lifelong loving relationships and are engaged in education, employment and training.
We recognise the importance of financial skills, such as that provided through the Stepladder Plus programme, in achieving this aim. The department currently supports the use of this programme through its contract, for the provision of Junior ISA savings accounts to children in care, with The Share Foundation. We do not have any plans to provide match funding at this time.
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- HL12837
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- 2024-26
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- Education Children in care Share Foundation
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