Anneliese Dodds corrected a written answer on Children: Social Services

27 January 2025 · Commons written answer · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Rupert Lowe (Reform UK, Great Yarmouth) asked written question 25044 on 20 January 2025. Anneliese Dodds answered on 27 January 2025 for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and Anneliese Dodds corrected the answer on 27 January 2025. The corrected text no longer gives the figure £500,000. Altogether 52 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse is of the campaign to advocate for family-based care for children across the globe, announced on 17 January 2025.

Original and corrected answer

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The campaign to promote family care for children globally has not spent any additional UK funding on staff or programmes to date. ~~The Foreign, Commonwealth~~ and ~~Development Office (FCDO) recently announced that it will match fund a Christmas appeal by The Times and a campaign run by the British charity Hope and Homes for Children,~~ to support ~~family care for children in developing countries, up to £500,000.~~	The campaign to promote family care for children globally has not spent any additional UK funding on staff or programmes to date. We are assessing future requirements for staff and programmes to support the campaign.

Original

Corrected

The campaign to promote family care for children globally has not spent any additional UK funding on staff or programmes to date. ~~The Foreign, Commonwealth~~ and ~~Development Office (FCDO) recently announced that it will match fund a Christmas appeal by The Times and a campaign run by the British charity Hope and Homes for Children,~~ to support ~~family care for children in developing countries, up to £500,000.~~

The campaign to promote family care for children globally has not spent any additional UK funding on staff or programmes to date. We are assessing future requirements for staff and programmes to support the campaign.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

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