Question follow-through · 11532
Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted from care in England in each of the last five years, broken down by the age of the child at the date of the adoption order and whether the adopters were recorded as a same-sex cou
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 19 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted from care in England in each of the last five years, broken down by the age of the child at the date of the adoption order and whether the adopters were recorded as a same-sex cou
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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24 Jun 2026
Answer published
The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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