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Written Answers

Monday 19 November 2007

Adoption

Lord Alton of Liverpool asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many children are adopted each year in Britain; what percentage are aged under one year; and how these figures compare with other European Union and North American countries. [HL133]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Children, Schools and Families (Lord Adonis): The Department for Children, Schools and Families holds information only on adoptions of looked-after children adopted in England. For the year ending 31 March 2007 (latest figures available) the number of looked-after children adopted and the percentage of looked-after children adopted under one year, is set out in Table A below:

Table A
	2006-07
	Number of looked- after children adopted—all ages	Percentage of looked- after children adopted aged under one year
England 1	3,300	5

Information on the number of adoption orders made in Britain for all children, including looked-after children, in Britain for the calendar year 2006 (latest figures available), and the percentage of children adopted aged under one year, is set out in Table B below:

Table B
	2006
	Number of children adopted—all ages	Percentage of children adopted aged under one year
England and Wales2	4764*	4*
Northern Ireland3	141*	2*
Scotland4	418*	4
States of Jersey5	16	Not available
Bailiwick of Guernsey, (Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm)6	0	0
Isle of Man7	11	0
* provisional

Information on the number of adoption orders made in other European Union and North American countries is not collected centrally.

Source

¹ Department for Children, Schools and Families SSDA903

² Office for National Statistics

³ Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)

⁴ General Register Office for Scotland

⁵ Judicial Greffe, States of Jersey

⁶ Registrar Generals Office, Guernsey

⁷ Civil Registry, Isle of Man

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Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund

Lord Greaves asked Her Majesty's Government:

Which organisations and projects in the county of Lancashire have received funding from the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund since its inception; and how much each received. [HL163]

The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Rooker): Details of organisations and projects in the county of Lancashire that have received funding from the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund are set out below.

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Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund Projects in Lancashire
Organisation	Project Title	Grant
Capernwray Hall	Capernwray Hall Wood Fuel Scheme	£8,668
Carnforth High School	Carnforth Community Courtyard	£15,000
Carnforth High School	Carnforth High School Eco Area	£8,675
Carnforth Town Council	Kellet Road Playground	£10,000
Caton Victoria Institute	Caton Victoria Institute	£5,204
Clitheroe Town Council	Chester Avenue Play Area Improvement Scheme	£15,000
Edenfield and District Horticultural Society	Edenfield Memorial Garden	£5,000
Edenfield Primary School	Edenfield CE Primary School Wildlife Area and Pond	£2,500
Edenfield Primary School	Edenfield School Garden	£5,000
Gisburn Playing Fields Association	Gisburn Community Park	£15,000
Groundwork Lancashire West	Carnforth Recreation Area	£25,000
Groundwork Rossendale	Bacup and Stacksteads Greening	£70,003
Groundwork Rossendale	Bacup Surestart Community Garden	£15,000
Groundwork Rossendale	Britannia Environmental Improvements	£10,000
Groundwork Rossendale	Grane Road Access Project	£12,000
Groundwork Rossendale	Hallfold Lodge—Rossendale	£44,249
Groundwork Rossendale	Panopticons—The Halo, Rossendale	£89,000
Groundwork Rossendale	Rossendale Cycleway	£178,346
Groundwork Rossendale	Rossendale Quarries and Tramways	£20,983
Groundwork Rossendale	Rossendale Rivers	£148,400
Groundwork Rossendale	Rossendale: Valley of Stone	£83,210
Groundwork Rossendale	Thornbank Nursery Land Reclamation	£9,406
Groundwork Rossendale	Thornbank Woodland Improvement	£7,428
Groundwork Wigan and Chorley	Wildlife Lake Railway Park	£2,100
Heritage Trust for the North West	Higherford Mill	£10,000
Holme Primary School	Holme Primary Playground Development	£26,250
Hyndburn Green Spaces Forum	Gatty Park Improvement Project	£20,000
Lancashire Countryside Service	Rossendale's Former Quarries: Disabled Access Programme	£38,070
Lancashire Wildlife Trust	Brockholes Quarry Stage 1	£12,000
Lancashire Wildlife Trust	East Lancashire Local Nature Reserves	£25,543
Lancashire Wildlife Trust	Mere Sands Wood—Access for All	£84,111
Lancashire Wildlife Trust	Ribble Valley Nature Reserves (Clitheroe Lancashire)	£55,976
Lancashire Wildlife Trust	Volunteering at Ribble Valley Nature Reserves	£8,796
LITTORAL Projects Environment	Re-Turn Community Environmental Reserve	£12,000
LITTORAL Projects Environment	Re-Turn Community Environmental Reserve Phase 2	£15,000
Lords House Farm	Star Delph Nature Reserve - Blackburn	£45,189
Nether Kellet Community Primary School	Nether Kellet School Garden and Play Area	£10,000
Nether Kellet Parish Council	Nether Kellet "Willow Beds" Landscaping	£2,300
Nether Kellet Parish Council	Nether Kellet Parish Lengthsman Scheme	£1,600
Nether Kellet Parish Council	Nether Kellet Playground Improvements	£7,579
Nether Kellet Parish Council	Nether Kellet Village Projects	£17,000
Nether Kellet Village Hall Committee	Nether Kellet Village Hall Kitchen Improvements	£8,000
Over Kellet Parish Council	Over Kellet Parish Lengthsman Scheme	£1,600
Ribble Valley Borough Council	Clitheroe Castle Rose Garden	£10,000
Ribble Valley Rail	Ribble Valley Rail Community Notice Boards	£1,800
Rossendale Borough Council	Whitworth Festival Playpark	£15,000
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley	St Joseph's Outdoor Learning Area	£6,520
The Prospects Foundation	Trees for Hyndburn	£52,624
University of Liverpool	Aggregate extraction in the Ribble Valley	£229,270
Waddington Methodist Church	Disabled Access and Hall Improvements to Waddington Methodist Church Hall (Feasibility Study)	£5,254
Waddington Methodist Church	Waddington Hall Methodist Church Disabled Access and Hall Improvements	£20,000
Waddington Sports, Social and Playing Fields Group	Waddington Children’s Playing Fields	£33,000
West Bradford Parish Council	Refurbishment of Children’s Play Area	£5,000
West Lancashire District Council	Hunters Hill Recreation Area in West Lancashire	£99,000
West Lancashire District Council	Platts Lane Lake	£26,149
Whitworth Play Group	Whitworth Play Group: Growing, Building and Learning Project	£1,500
Whitworth Town Council	Waingap Field Community Woodland	£20,000
Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester	Darwen Valley Parkway Community Project	£33,206

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