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Number of children adopted from care in England drops for fifth year running
PA
10 December 2020, 2:38 pm
The number of children adopted from care in England has fallen for the fifth year running as numbers of looked-after children continue to rise, new figures show.
There were 3,440 children adopted from care in 2019-20 – down more than a third in five years, the Department for Education (DfE) said.
This is a fall of 4% from 3,590 children adopted from care over the previous year and follows a peak in 2015, when 5,360 looked-after children were adopted.
The figures show that the number of children in care has continued to rise.
Adoption drops by a third as social workers fail to home black children with white families
Charities say that no child should be waiting in care longer because of the colour of their skin
10 December 2020 • 8:30pm
The number of adopted children has dropped by a third in five years, Government data has shown, amid concerns that social workers are refusing to home black children with white families.
The latest figures from the Department of Education showed that only 3,440 children were placed into adoption after being in care, down from a high of 5,360 in 2015.
Charities have warned that as the data only shows children leaving care before the pandemic, next year’s figures will “undoubtedly” be lower.