20/08/2013

Large Increase In Adoption Numbers

Last year saw the largest annual increase in adoptions for 15 years, according to latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

A total of 5,206 adoptions were registered in England and Wales last year.

The figure is a 9.8% increase on 2011 statistics when there were 4,740 adoptions.


In 2012, almost two-thirds of children adopted (63%) were between the ages of one and four, an increase from 62% the year before, while the percentage of children adopted who were born outside of marriage increased from 82%, to 85%.

The ONS figures are compiled of adoptions which took place following court orders in England and Wales in 2012, and apply to adoptions by relatives and step-parents, as well as adoptions from care.

(JP/CD)

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