Question follow-through · 66936
Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered updating the Statutory Guidance on Adoption, published on 18 July 2013.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 11 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered updating the Statutory Guidance on Adoption, published on 18 July 2013.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
The department keeps all statutory guidance under regular review, including that relating to adoption, and considers updates where required.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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