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Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the national adoption strategy in improving outcomes for children in care; and what steps she is taking to (a) reduce waiting times and (b)

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
19 Jun 2025
Answer
23 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the national adoption strategy in improving outcomes for children in care; and what steps she is taking to (a) reduce waiting times and (b)

  2. 19 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The department is always working to improve adoption services, and particularly the work of Adoption England, which we fund to improve local adoption services. The department collects quarterly statistics on the main adoption indicators of performance and...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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