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<p>The department’s main source of information on adoption is the Children looked
after in England including adoption statistical first release published here:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-looked-after-children</a>.</p><p>Table
E4 of the national tables shows that there were 2,580 children waiting with a placement
order who were not yet placed for adoption at 31 March 2017.</p><p>The Adoption Leadership
Board (ALB) quarterly survey shows further information on adopters recruited by local
authorities and voluntary adoption agencies in England. The reports are published
here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/adoption-system-performance</a>.</p><p>The
latest quarterly data shows that there were 2,800 approved adoptive families waiting
to be matched with children at 30 September 2016.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p>
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