Adoption: Nottinghamshire

(asked on 3rd February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under the age of 16 have been (a) adopted and (b) on the adoption waiting list in (i) Ashfield constituency and (ii) Nottinghamshire in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 9th February 2017

The number of looked after children who were looked after by the Nottinghamshire local authority and adopted when aged under 16, in each year ending 31 March 2010 to 2016, is shown in the table below. This information is not available at constituency level.

Number of looked after children adopted aged 0 to 15 years

Coverage: Nottinghamshire

Year ending 31 March

Number of looked after children adopted during the year

2010

30

2011

25

2012

45

2013

45

2014

90

2015

95

2016

70

Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.

Source: SSDA903

The number of looked after children who were looked after by the Nottinghamshire local authority and waiting to be placed for adoption with a placement order at 31 March 2010 to 2016, and aged under 16 at these dates, is shown in the table below. This information is also not available at constituency level.

Number of looked after children on a placement order who were not placed for adoption aged 0 to 15 years

Coverage: Nottinghamshire

At 31 March

Number of looked after children on a placement order and not placed for adoption

2010

40

2011

60

2012

100

2013

135

2014

85

2015

55

2016

40

Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.

Source: SSDA903

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