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.
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.