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Children looked after in England including adoptions: reporting year 2022
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
This release provides information on children looked after (CLA) in England, including numbers of CLA adopted, care leavers and CLA who were missing. Data is taken from the annual SSDA903 data collection which is collected from local authorities in England. The data shows that in 2022, the number of CLA by local authorities in England rose to 82,170, up 2% on last year and continuing the rise seen in recent years. Both starts and ceasing were up on last year - last year's figures were likely impacted by the pandemic. The number of CLA who were adopted was up 2%; however, this is a modest increase given the decrease of 18% last year due to the pandemic where court cases progressed more slowly or were paused. The number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) is above pre-pandemic levels - after a 20% decrease last year, the numbers of UASC are up by 34%. In general, health checks were maintained during the pandemic but last year the proportion of CLA having had their teeth checked by a dentist fell substantially to 40%. This has begun to recover - in 2022 70 % of CLA had had their teeth checked by a dentist during the year. (Edited publisher abstract)
2020 adoption scorecard
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- London
Data showing the amount of time local authorities take to place children in need of adoption with a family. The indicators included in the scorecard were set out in the guidance From Adoption Scorecards to RAA Scorecards. Figures on Regional Adoption Agencies (RAAs) are included for RAAs that went live up to and including December 2019. Overall, in England the average time in 2020 was longer than (Edited publisher abstract)
2015 adoption scorecard
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This data shows the amount of time local authorities take to place children in need of adoption with a family. The scorecard allows local authorities and other adoption agencies to monitor and compare their performance. (Edited publisher abstract)
Regionalising adoption
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out the government’s proposal to support organisations interested in setting up regional adoption agencies. The new system is designed to: speed up matching and improve the life chances of neglected and damaged children; improve adopter recruitment and adoption support; and reduce costs. The document outlines the key challenges the adoption sector still faces, ideas for what regional adoption agencies might look like and what the government will offer to accelerate the development of regional adoption agencies. (Edited publisher abstract)
2014 adoption scorecard
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Place of publication:
- London
These scorecards allow local authorities and other adoption agencies to monitor their own performance and compare it with that of others. Scorecards were introduced as part of a new approach to address delays in the adoption system. This approach was set out in 'An action plan for adoption: tackling delay'. The methodology and guidance document sets out performance at year ending March 2014. (Edited publisher abstract)
Adoption: research priorities and questions
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
One of a series of 15 papers covering the department's key areas of work which provide a strategic context for the research community and other bodies to plan and prioritise research. This paper outlines the current policy direction for adoption, summarises the evidence base, and sets out what the department thinks the priority research questions are. The gaps and future priorities are discussed under the main themes of: increasing adopter supply, speeding up the child's journey and tackling delays, improving adoption support, the adoption system, and improving adoption outcomes. (Original abstract)
Temporary approval of prospective adopters as foster carers: statutory guidance for local authorities, directors of children’s services (DCSs) and social workers
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance is an update to 'The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations Volume 2: Care Planning, Placement and Case Review'. It is aimed at local authorities and it supports the introduction of a new regulation under the Care Planning Placement and Case Review regulations providing for the temporary approval of prospective adopters as foster carers. The new regulation came into force on 1 July 2013. (Edited publisher abstract)
Placing children in sibling groups for adoption: a call for views
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
... hold back the development of one or more of them. Adopting a single sibling will sometimes be the best way for adopters to provide the parenting required to help children overcome negative early experiences. In addition, sibling groups often take longer than other children to be placed for adoption, and it may be better for the children to be placed separately rather than to remain in care for longer. This paper aims to inform thinking on these issues by gathering the views from social workers and other professionals, and from children and adults with experience of care and adoption. Two issues are of particular interest: how to find more adopters willing and able to take on sibling groups; and how to make sure that sibling group placement for adoption is only sought for children when
The adopters' charter
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Adoption is first and foremost a service for children who cannot live with their birth family. Children should be helped to understand what adoption means and supported throughout the adoption journey and beyond. Adoption must be made with the child’s best interests, wishes, feelings and needs at its heart and on the basis of sound evidence and high quality assessments. As part of its programme of adoption reform, the Government has published an Adopters’ Charter which sets out what adopters and prospective adopters can expect from adoption agencies. The charter says the agencies must ensure that children are placed, with siblings wherever possible, within a timescale that is best for them and without unnecessary delay. They must treat prospective adopters and adopters with openness, fairness and respect, and make prospective adopters’ first points of contact informative and welcoming. It also says that adoptive parents must be aware that adoption often brings challenges as well as joy, be realistic about the needs of children awaiting adoption, and accept that with support they may be able to consider adopting a child with a different profile to the child they originally envisaged adopting.
Regulations governing fostering services, children's homes providers and adoption and fostering panels and statutory guidance on children's homes and fostering
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Consultation on regulations governing Fostering Services, Children’s Homes Providers and Adoption and Fostering Panels and Statutory Guidance on Children’s Homes received during the period 27 August and 19 November 2010. The document also summarises the responses to individual questions; provides a sample of quotes from respondents and sets out the intended next steps for the programme.