Written questions

Adoption: Advisory Services

Commons · Question 66544 · Tabled 10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 15 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an Adoption Advisory Board of sector experts to advise the Minister for Children and Families on adoption policy.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 15 Jul 2025

I regularly meet with representatives from the adoption sector including Adoption England, Adoption UK and Coram amongst others to discuss a range of issues. I hosted an adoption roundtable sector meeting on 21 May with a number of key representatives to ...