Question follow-through · 37730

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she collects data on the number of post adoption (a) disruptions and (b) breakdowns in England.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
12 Mar 2025
Target answer date
18 Mar 2025
Answer
7 Apr 2025 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she collects data on the number of post adoption (a) disruptions and (b) breakdowns in England.

  2. 18 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough to the answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 37457.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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