Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 24954

Adoption

Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 18 February 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) approved families looking to adopt and (b) children ready for adoption there were in each of the last 30 years.

Answer

Janet Daby
The department does not hold information centrally on the number of approved families that are looking to adopt.The number of children looked after for whom the local authority has made the decision that they should be placed for adoption is published in ...
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