Adoption
Commons · Question 11779 · Tabled 22 Jun 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to post-adoption support on the willingness of prospective adopters to come forward.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 30 Jun 2026
Ministers have not made a formal assessment of the impact on prospective adopters of changes to post adoption support. Informal feedback has shown that adopters who withdrew after being approved have done so due to ill health, unsuccessful family finding,...