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Adoption

Commons · Question 11778 · Tabled 22 Jun 2026 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 29 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoption placements were (a) disrupted and (b) broke down in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of the role of access to therapeutic support in maintaining placement stabilit

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 29 Jun 2026

The department does not collect information centrally on the number of adoptions that have been disrupted or adoptions that breakdown. We publish an annual statistical release which contains information on looked after children who have been adopted or ar...