Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoptions have taken place in each of the last 10 years.

The department does not hold information on the number of all children in England who are adopted. However, we hold information on children who have been adopted from care.

The latest information on children looked after in England is contained in the ‘Children looked after in England’ statistical release, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions.

Figures for the numbers of children looked after who were adopted are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/bc87ab18-fc58-4c83-a12b-f65dbedbba9b.