Question follow-through · 58839
Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take legislative steps to allow people over 18 to be formally adopted by their families.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take legislative steps to allow people over 18 to be formally adopted by their families.
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
The adoption of a child is about ensuring that a child has a permanent family, with the adopter taking legal and parental responsibility for them. At the age of 18, parental responsibility is no longer relevant, as an adult assumes responsibility for them...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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