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Adoption

Commons · Question 7475 · Tabled 7 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 15 Oct 2024

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Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle longer waiting times for adoption experienced by (a) disabled children, (b) Black, Asian and ethnic minority children, (c) older children and (d) children with other prot

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 15 Oct 2024

The government is committed to working with Regional Adoption Agencies, groups of local authorities joining up to deliver adoption services, to ensure that children waiting to be adopted are placed with a loving family as quickly as possible. In 2024/25, ...