Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been placed for adoption in each of the last 10 years.
The number of children who were placed for adoption on 31 March in each of the last 10 years is shown in the table which can be accessed from the link below.
Figures are published in table A2 of the statistical release Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017 at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017.