Adoption and Special Guardianship Orders

(asked on 13th April 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children aged (a) under one, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three, (e) four, (f) five, (g) six, (h) seven, (i) eight, (j) nine and (k) ten and over years old were (i) adopted and (ii) subject of a Special Guardianship Order in each year since 2021.


Answered by
Alex Davies-Jones Portrait
Alex Davies-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 21st April 2026

Data on age of children subject to adoption and Special Guardianship Orders is routinely published in the quarterly Family Court Statistics and the relevant tables are attached.

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