Further to my post earlier in August, I was keen to read up on the Adoption Leadership Board’s latest round of statistics covering the first quarter of 2015. A summary of which is given below:
- 2,810 children were waiting to be placed at 31 March 2015 - a 40% decrease from the same time period in 2014
- In 2013-14, the average number of days between entering care and placement was 594 days. During 2014-15 this was down to 533 days
- The latest quarterly data suggests timeliness is beginning to decline. In quarter 2 2013-14, 50% of approvals made by local authorities were made within 6 months of registration, while in quarter 4 2014- 15 this had decreased to 28% of registrations.
- Registrations to become an adopter have decreased by 23% from 7,450 in 2013-14 to 5,740 in 2014-15. The number of adopter families approved for adoption has increased by 1% from 5,190 in 2013-14 to 5,260 in 2014-15.
To read the full report please click here.
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