§ Mrs. GoldingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children from abroad have been adopted in the UK in each of the last 12 years. [48010]
§ Mr. BoatengThe Department does not hold information about the number of children adopted from abroad, only about the number of intercountry adoption applications processed since 1992. These will account for the majority of such adoptions since then and are set out in the table:
Year Number of intercountry adoption applications processed by the Department of Health 1992 48 1993 99 1994 113 1995 150 1996 310 1997 221 January-June 1998 125 Total 1,066