§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were adopted in the UK in 1999. [126267]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Tom Cox dated 20 June 2000:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question about adoption.
The final numbers of adoptions recorded during 1999 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are not yet available; the corresponding number in Scotland was 488.
The number of adoptions recorded in 1998 in the United Kingdom was 4,998.