The Parliamentary Taskforce on Kinship Care was established in December 2018 by Anna Turley, then MP for Redcar.
The aim of the Taskforce is: To raise awareness about and support for, children in kinship care and to highlight the importance of this option for children who cannot live with their parents.
The Members of the Taskforce are Catherine McKinnell MP (Chair), Ian Byrne MP, Alex Cunningham MP, Chris Elmore MP, Andrew Gwynne MP, Helen Hayes MP, Kevan Jones MP, Ben Lake MP, Kerry McCarthy MP, Andy McDonald MP, Jess Phillips MP, William Wragg MP, Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top, Baroness Drake CBE.
The Taskforce has carried out an extensive evidence-gathering exercise. Thousands of kinship carers and the children they are raising have shared their experiences with us, as have legal and social work practitioners, local and national decision-makers and organisations working with kinship care families. This evidence is summarised in the Taskforce report and has informed the Taskforce’s vision and recommendations launched on 30 September 2020.