The Kinship Allowance Pilot is a test‑and‑learn programme the government is testing in seven local authority areas, that will be known as Kinship Zones, across England, to understand whether paying eligible kinship carers an allowance equivalent to the Fostering National Minimum Allowance improves placement stability and outcomes for children. 

The purpose is to build robust evidence about what support works best at scale for kinship families before taking decisions about any potential national offer.