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780446

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Foster Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many registered foster carers there have been in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	110271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, to write to my hon. Friend the Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) with the information requested.<ins class="ministerial"> A copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</ins></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:03:59 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2018 09:15:36 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 19649 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

780445

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many sibling groups have been adopted in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	110270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly survey shows the number of children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted from care in England from 2013-14. 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>Table 1: The number of children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted, in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted, in England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,710</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: ALB quarterly survey</em></p><p>The latest quarterly data shows that there were 870 children who were part of a sibling group who were adopted in the first two quarters of 2016-17.</p><p>We do not hold information prior to 2013-14, or on the actual number of sibling groups.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:14:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

780447

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have been approved as adopters in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	110272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Adoption Leadership Board (ALB) quarterly survey shows the number of approvals of adoptive families by local councils and voluntary adoption agencies in England from quarter 4 2013-14. 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>Table 1: The number of adoptive families who were approved for adoption, in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of adoptive families who were approved for adoption, in England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>5,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>3,610</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: ALB quarterly survey</em></p><p>The latest quarterly data shows that there were 1,410 adoptive families approved in the first two quarters of 2016-17.</p><p>This refers to adoptive families rather than people as these are the groups of people available to adopt a child. We do not hold information prior to quarter 4 2013-14.</p><p>Figures for the number of approved adoptive families at 31 March 2013 and 2014 can be found in the Ofsted adoption publications here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/childrens-social-care-statistics</a>.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:01:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

780448

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been placed for adoption in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	110268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of children who were placed for adoption on 31 March in each of the last 10 years is shown in the table which can be accessed from the link below.</p><p>Figures are published in table A2 of the statistical release <em>Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017 </em>at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:26:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

780449

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoptions have broken down in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	110269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but the department does not collect data on adoption breakdowns.</p><p>Information on children who started to be looked after and previously had permanent arrangement was collected for the first time in 2014. These figures are published in table C1 of the statistical release <em>Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017 </em>at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p><em>Beyond the Adoption Order</em> published in 2014, found that over a 12-year period the national adoption disruption rate was 3.2%, indicating that 3 in 100 adoptions was disrupted over a 12-year period.<strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/11/2017 17:31:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton