Adoption

(asked on 30th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many sibling groups have been adopted in each of the last 10 years.


Answered by
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Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 2nd November 2017

The Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly survey shows the number of children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted from care in England from 2013-14. The reports are published here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance.

Table 1: The number of children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted, in England

Number of children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted, in England

2013-14

1,870

2014-15

1,930

2015-16

1,710

Source: ALB quarterly survey

The latest quarterly data shows that there were 870 children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted in the first two quarters of 2016-17.

We do not hold information prior to 2013-14, or on the actual number of sibling groups.

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