Mr. Amess:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he plans to answer Questions (a) 203546 and (b) 203547 on adoption, tabled by the hon. Member for Southend West on 29 April 2008; what the reason is for the time taken to answer in each case; and if he will make a statement. [216327]
Kevin Brennan:
I have been asked to reply.
Information about the numbers of children who have adoption as part of their plan is not collected centrally.
Data on the age at adoption of children looked after who were adopted during the years ending 31 March, 2003-2007, are shown below in Table 1. Data on the numbers of children looked after adopted during the years ending 31 March, 2003-2007, by local authority area has been placed in the House of Commons Library (Table LAE1).
The information is taken from Tables E1 and LAE1 of the Statistical First Release (SFR 27/2007) entitled Children Looked After in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending 31 March 2007. The SFR is located at
Table 1 can be found within the additional information Excel tables supplementing SFR27/2007 on the website. Table LAE1 can be found within the second set of 32 additional tables.
Table 1 Looked after children adopted during the years ending 31 March by age at adoption 2003 to 2007( 1)
Number
Percentage
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
All children looked after adopted1
3,500
3,800
3,800
3,700
3,300
100
100
100
100
100
Age at adoption (years)
3,500
3,800
3,800
3,700
3,300
100
100
100
100
100
Under 1
220
220
210
200
150
6
6
6
5
5
1 to 4
2,200
2,200
2,300
2,400
2,100
62
58
62
64
64
5 to 9
960
1,100
1,100
950
880
27
30
28
26
27
10 to 15
180
210
160
180
160
5
6
4
5
5
16 and over
10
20
20
20
10
0
0
0
0
0
(1) SSDA903 return on children looked after. (2). Historical data may differ from older publications. This is mainly due to the implementation of amendments and corrections sent by some local authorities after the publication date of previous materials.
Table LAE1: Children looked after who were adopted during the years ending 31 March 2003 to 2007( 1)
Numbers
2003
2004
2005
2006( 2)
2007( 2)
England
3,500
3,800
3,800
3,700
3,300
North East
260
230
280
250
240
Darlington
5
—
—
5
20
Durham
30
25
30
45
40
Gateshead
15
25
25
20
20
Hartlepool
10
5
5
—
5
Middlesbrough
25
20
30
20
15
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Newcastle Upon Tyne
40
30
40
35
20
North Tyneside
30
15
25
15
25
Northumberland
20
15
25
15
20
Redcar and Cleveland
15
15
5
15
10
South Tyneside
15
30
30
30
30
Stockton-On-Tees
10
15
15
15
15
Sunderland
35
35
45
25
25
North West
550
570
620
620
490
Blackburn with Darwen
10
25
25
20
10
Blackpool
45
25
20
20
35
Bolton
20
15
20
20
25
Bury
20
30
15
20
20
Cheshire
25
15
30
35
10
Cumbria
30
50
45
50
25
Halton
5
10
15
5
15
Knowsley
15
15
20
20
15
Lancashire
60
55
85
85
75
Liverpool
65
55
70
30
20
Manchester
80
60
80
60
55
Oldham
20
20
15
15
20
Rochdale
10
20
20
20
30
Salford
25
35
35
40
20
Sefton
15
20
25
35
15
St Helens
15
20
15
15
10
Stockport
10
20
25
25
20
Tameside
20
20
20
25
10
Trafford
10
10
10
15
-
Warrington
—
15
10
10
10
Wigan
15
10
15
35
20
Wirral
20
25
15
25
20
Yo rkshire and the Humber
440
460
490
440
390
Barnsley
20
15
25
15
20
Bradford
50
55
55
65
45
Calderdale
10
10
20
25
20
Doncaster
35
35
50
20
35
East Riding of Yorkshire
15
10
15
20
25
Kingston Upon Hull, City of
30
35
45
30
30
Kirklees
30
35
20
40
25
Leeds
75
80
80
55
65
North East Lincolnshire
20
15
30
20
10
North Lincolnshire
10
-
10
10
5
North Yorkshire
30
20
25
25
20
Rotherham
30
30
25
30
15
Sheffield
50
70
45
50
50
Wakefield
25
20
25
30
20
York
10
20
20
10
10
East Midlands
330
350
340
340
230
Derby
35
30
20
35
25
Derbyshire
50
40
35
35
20
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Leicester
45
35
45
25
30
Leicestershire
15
25
30
20
15
Lincolnshire
65
35
55
80
35
Northamptonshire
40
55
55
60
40
Nottingham
40
55
35
55
30
Nottinghamshire
45
75
55
35
30
Rutland
0
—
—
0
—
West Midlands
410
420
410
390
370
Birmingham
140
130
110
105
65
Coventry
35
40
30
20
15
Dudley
20
15
15
20
25
Herefordshire
10
10
15
15
—
Sandwell
20
15
20
25
30
Shropshire
10
20
15
15
—
Solihull
10
5
15
5
15
Staffordshire
50
40
30
45
40
Stoke-On-Trent
30
20
40
20
30
Telford and Wrekin
10
10
15
15
10
Walsall
25
25
35
40
45
Warwickshire
20
25
25
20
30
Wolverhampton
15
25
25
25
40
Worcestershire
20
40
20
20
25
East of England
310
360
340
370
380
Bedfordshire
25
25
15
20
20
Cambridgeshire
15
20
20
25
25
Essex
90
75
110
90
75
Hertfordshire
45
70
45
60
60
Luton
15
40
15
25
20
Norfolk
40
40
45
60
50
Peterborough
25
20
10
20
15
Southend-on-Sea
10
5
10
15
20
Suffolk
35
55
60
50
75
Thurrock
10
15
15
5
15
London
480
570
520
530
490
Inner London
240
300
250
300
260
Camden
20
20
10
15
5
City of London
0
0
0
0
-
Hackney
15
30
25
25
30
Hammersmith and Fulham
15
20
15
10
15
Haringey
10
15
15
20
15
Islington
30
20
20
35
25
Kensington and Chelsea
10
15
10
10
15
Lambeth
15
20
20
30
15
Lewisham
20
35
15
35
15
Newham
20
25
30
15
25
Southwark
35
35
30
20
20
Tower Hamlets
15
25
15
25
35
Wandsworth
15
20
15
35
20
Westminster
15
20
25
20
20
Outer London
240
270
270
230
230
Barking and Dagenham
—
15
15
20
15
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Barnet
20
15
15
10
10
Bexley
10
15
15
5
5
Brent
10
15
10
10
10
Bromley
20
10
25
15
15
Croydon
20
30
10
15
15
Ealing
25
25
25
20
20
Enfield
5
15
15
15
15
Greenwich
40
35
40
15
20
Harrow
5
10
-
5
-
Havering
10
10
10
5
10
Hillingdon
15
15
10
10
15
Hounslow
25
10
25
20
30
Kingston Upon Thames
—
—
—
5
—
Merton
5
10
10
10
10
Redbridge
10
10
—
10
5
Richmond Upon Thames
10
—
—
10
10
Sutton
0
10
10
10
—
Waltham Forest
—
15
10
10
15
South East
500
510
510
450
420
Bracknell Forest
—
—
—
—
—
Brighton and Hove
20
30
25
35
30
Buckinghamshire
20
25
20
10
10
East Sussex
50
40
40
40
40
Hampshire
40
50
70
50
50
Isle of Wight
10
—
5
10
—
Kent
110
135
115
95
90
Medway Towns
25
25
25
30
20
Milton Keynes
10
15
20
10
20
Oxfordshire
30
25
35
30
15
Portsmouth
10
15
10
10
10
Reading
15
10
10
20
10
Slough
15
10
5
10
15
Southampton
30
30
25
15
20
Surrey
50
45
45
50
40
West Berkshire
10
5
10
—
—
West Sussex
40
40
40
20
35
Windsor and Maidenhead
10
—
—
—
—
Wokingham
—
—
0
—
—
South West
270
290
270
290
300
Bath and North East Somerset
—
5
—
—
10
Bournemouth
15
15
10
5
15
Bristol, City of
45
30
30
25
25
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Cornwall
35
35
35
35
50
Devon
35
30
35
40
30
Dorset
15
15
10
15
10
Gloucestershire
30
25
20
30
25
Isles Of Scilly
0
0
0
0
0
North Somerset
—
15
15
10
10
Plymouth
20
25
35
35
35
Poole
—
10
10
—
5
Somerset
20
30
20
35
30
South Gloucestershire
10
—
—
—
10
Swindon
10
20
15
20
15
Torbay
—
15
10
15
10
Wiltshire
20
20
15
10
15
(1) Historical data may differ from older publications. This is mainly due to the implementation of amendments and corrections sent by some local authorities after the publication date of previous materials. (2) Special guardianship orders came into force on 30 December 2005. Source:
SSDA903 return on children looked after.
