Adoption (Hansard, 6 November 2001)

§ Jacqui Smith

The information requested is shown in the table. The answer to part(b) of the question has been expressed as rates per 10,000 resident population aged 17 and under.

The numbers of adopted children increased from 2,200 in 1998–99 to 2,700 in 1999–2000 and 3,100 in 2000–01. This equated to 4.0 per cent. in the looked after population in 1998–99. 4.7 per cent. in 1999–2000 and 5.2 per cent. of the looked after population in 2000–01.

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Number of looked after children placed for adoption at 31 March 1998 to 2001
England	Number, percentage and rates per 10,000 population
	1998	1999	2000	2001
	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population
England	2,410	5	2	2,880	5	3	3,135	5	3	3,420	6	3
North East Shire Counties
Durham	15	3	1	15	3	1	10	2	1	35	7	3
Northumberland	20	6	3	20	6	3	10	3	1	10	3	1
Unitary Authorities
Darlington	¹—	1	¹—	5	4	3	10	9	4	15	13	7
Hartlepool	10	11	4	5	6	3	10	9	4	10	7	4
Middlesbrough	20	11	5	10	5	2	5	3	2	20	8	5
Redcar and Cleveland	10	4	2	10	6	3	15	9	4	15	9	5
Stockton On Tees	15	10	4	10	6	2	10	4	2	10	4	2
Metropolitan Districts
Gateshead	0	0	0	5	3	2	15	6	4	15	5	3
Newcastle Upon Tyne	40	10	7	45	10	7	25	5	4	40	9	7
North Tyneside	20	7	4	25	9	6	25	9	6	35	10	8
South Tyneside	5	2	2	10	3	3	25	8	6	15	5	4
Sunderland	35	9	5	40	10	6	40	9	6	45	9	7
North West Shire Counties
Cheshire	10	2	1	20	4	1	30	7	2	35	8	2
Cumbria	40	7	4	30	7	3	40	8	4	30	6	3
Lancashire	20	2	1	40	3	1	50	3	2	60	5	2
Unitary Authorities
Blackburn and Darwen	0	0	0	5	2	2	10	4	3	15	5	3
Blackpool	¹—	1	1	10	4	3	5	2	2	30	10	10
Halton	0	0	0	5	5	2	10	5	3	10	5	3
Warrington	5	4	1	10	6	2	15	10	4	15	10	3
Metropolitan Districts
Bolton	30	10	5	15	4	2	25	8	4	25	8	4
Bury	5	4	2	10	5	3	5	4	2	5	3	1
Manchester	30	3	3	55	5	5	65	5	6	85	7	8
Oldham	5	2	1	20	7	3	15	5	3	20	7	4
Rochdale	20	11	4	25	10	5	20	7	3	15	6	3
Salford	20	5	4	30	6	5	30	5	5	35	6	7
Stockport	20	8	3	20	6	3	15	5	2	20	5	3
Tameside	15	7	3	10	5	2	15	5	2	25	10	5
Trafford	10	6	2	15	8	3	5	3	1	10	6	2
Wigan	20	6	3	15	4	2	20	5	3	30	7	4
Merseyside Metropolitan Districts
Knowsley	0	0	0	15	6	4	15	6	4	10	5	3
Liverpool	20	2	2	25	2	2	40	3	4	65	6	6
Sefton	10	4	1	10	4	2	10	3	1	15	5	3
St. Helens	20	8	5	25	9	6	25	10	6	30	11	8
Wirral	10	4	2	15	4	2	10	3	2	15	4	2
Yorkshire and Humberside Shire Counties
North Yorkshire	30	9	2	20	6	2	5	1	¹—	15	4	1
Unitary Authorities
East Riding Yorkshire	¹—	1	¹—	10	5	1	10	5	2	20	10	3
Kingston Upon Hull	50	6	8	35	5	5	20	3	3	30	5	5
North East Lincolnshire	15	5	3	10	4	3	10	4	3	15	5	3
North Lincolnshire	20	10	6	5	3	2	10	4	2	5	3	2
York	15	13	4	10	7	2	20	14	5	10	7	3
Metropolitan Districts
Barnsley	15	5	3	15	4	3	20	6	4	15	4	3
Bradford	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	8	4	30	5	3
Calderdale	5	2	1	5	2	1	10	5	2	10	4	2
Doncaster	15	4	2	30	8	4	25	6	4	35	8	5
Kirklees	10	4	1	15	5	2	25	8	3	35	11	3
Leeds	65	5	4	60	5	4	55	4	4	60	5	4
Rotherham	25	7	4	25	7	4	25	7	5	25	6	4
Sheffield	35	7	3	40	7	4	50	7	5	40	6	4
Wakefield	10	3	2	15	3	2	10	3	2	20	5	3
East Midlands Shire Counties
Derbyshire	25	5	2	20	4	1	15	2	1	25	4	1
Leicestershire	10	4	1	10	4	1	10	3	1	10	3	1
Lincolnshire	10	2	1	50	10	4	65	13	5	85	16	6
Northamptonshire	35	6	2	35	6	3	45	8	3	35	6	2
Nottinghamshire	50	11	3	80	16	5	70	13	4	60	11	4
Unitary Authorities
Derby	¹—	1	1	10	3	2	15	3	2	30	7	5
Leicester	35	8	4	35	8	4	40	95	2	5	5	4
Nottingham	70	11	10	60	10	9	65	11	10	90	14	13
Rutland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	¹—	8	1

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Number of looked after children placed for adoption at 31 March 1998 to 2001
England	Number, percentage and rates per 10,000 population
	1998	1999	2000	2001
	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population
West Midlands Shire Counties
Shropshire	10	7	1	20	11	3	10	5	2	5	4	1
Staffordshire	20	3	1	25	4	1	25	4	1	35	7	2
Warwickshire	5	2	1	10	3	1	15	4	1	10	3	1
Worcestershire	25	5	2	25	4	2	35	5	3	40	7	4
Unitary Authorities
Herefordshire	10	5	3	10	5	3	15	7	3	¹—	2	1
Stoke-On-Trent	¹—	1	1	20	6	4	20	6	4	15	4	2
Telford and Wrekin	15	8	5	5	4	2	10	5	2	¹—	1	1
Metropolitan Districts
Birmingham	75	5	3	70	4	3	95	6	4	80	5	3
Coventry	¹—	1	1	0	0	0	25	5	3	15	3	2
Dudley	10	4	2	10	3	2	10	2	1	20	6	3
Sandwell	20	4	3	15	3	2	10	2	1	20	4	3
Solihull	¹—	2	1	10	6	2	5	3	1	10	5	2
Walsall	0	0	0	25	7	4	25	7	4	25	6	4
Wolverhampton	¹—	1	1	10	3	2	20	5	3	30	7	5
South West Shire Counties
Cornwall	25	4	2	30	6	3	40	7	4	20	3	2
Devon	35	6	2	40	6	3	35	5	2	30	4	2
Dorset	10	3	1	5	3	1	15	5	2	5	2	1
Gloucestershire	¹—	1	¹—	15	3	1	15	3	1	¹—	¹—	¹—
Isles of Scilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Somerset	15	4	1	20	5	2	20	5	2	5	2	1
Wiltshire	5	2	1	10	4	1	¹—	1	0	5	2	1
Unitary Authorities
Bath and NE Somerset	0	0	0	5	5	2	¹—	1	1	¹—	3	1
Bournemouth	15	7	5	10	5	3	0	0	0	¹—	1	1
Bristol	15	3	2	25	4	3	30	6	4	25	5	3
North Somerset	10	7	3	5	5	2	15	11	4	10	6	2
Plymouth	10	3	2	10	3	2	20	5	3	20	4	3
Poole	10	9	3	¹—	3	1	¹—	2	1	5	4	2
South Gloucestershire	10	5	1	¹—	1	¹—	5	4	1	5	4	1
Swindon	5	4	2	¹—	2	1	10	5	2	5	4	1
Torbay	¹—	1	1	5	3	3	5	2	2	10	4	4
Eastern Shire Counties
Bedfordshire	25	8	3	20	6	2	25	7	3	20	6	2
Cambridgeshire	15	3	1	25	6	2	20	5	2	15	4	1
Essex	60	6	2	70	7	2	80	6	3	75	6	3
Hertfordshire	35	5	2	35	4	1	40	5	2	50	6	2
Norfolk	15	3	25	4	2	25	4	2	45	6	3
Suffolk	15	3	1	25	5	2	30	5	2	30	5	2
Unitary Authorities
Luton	10	5	2	10	4	2	15	5	3	10	3	2
Peterborough	15	5	4	15	5	4	15	4	4	30	9	8
Southend	15	5	3	15	6	4	10	4	2	10	5	3
Thurrock	5	6	2	10	7	4	10	5	3	10	6	3
Inner London
Camden	30	9	8	25	8	7	30	9	8	35	11	9
City of London	0	0	0	0	0	0	00	0	0	0	0	0
Greenwich	40	10	7	30	7	5	30	7	6	20	4	4
Hackney	10	2	2	10	3	2	20	4	3	15	3	3
Hammersmith and Fulham	25	8	8	20	6	7	20	5	6	25	6	8
Islington	¹—	1	1	25	5	6	15	3	4	15	3	4
Kensington and Chelsea	10	5	4	10	4	3	15	7	4	5	3	2
Lambeth	30	5	5	35	5	5	40	5	6	30	4	5
Lewisham	25	6	5	30	6	5	15	3	3	25	4	4
Southwark	¹—	¹—	¹—	15	3	3	35	6	6	50	8	9
Tower Hamlets	15	6	3	10	4	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	20	7	4
Wandsworth	25	7	5	15	5	3	20	6	4	20	5	4
Westminster	30	10	8	25	9	7	25	9	7	20	7	5
Outer London
Barking and Dagenham	¹—	1	¹—	10	5	2	10	3	2	10	3	2
Barnet	¹—	2	¹—	5	3	1	10	4	1	10	4	1
Bexley	10	5	2	10	6	2	10	6	2	15	8	3
Brent	15	5	3	15	5	2	15	5	3	15	5	3
Bromley	20	8	3	10	4	2	¹—	1	¹—	15	5	2
Croydon	30	9	4	15	5	2	20	5	3	15	4	2
Ealing	10	3	1	0	0	0	25	5	3	35	9	5
Enfield	¹—	1	¹—	20	7	3	25	10	4	25	9	4
Haringey	10	3	2	10	3	2	15	4	3	20	4	4
Harrow	5	5	1	15	8	3	10	5	2	10	4	2
Havering	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	2	¹—	3	1
Hillingdon	10	3	1	20	6	3	15	3	2	20	5	3

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Number of looked after children placed for adoption at 31 March 1998 to 2001
England	Number, percentage and rates per 10,000 population
	1998	1999	2000	2001
	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population	Number	% of all looked after children	Rate per 10,000 population
Hounslow	0	1	1	15	6	3	10	3	2	15	5	3
Kingston upon Thames	0	0	0	10	10	3	5	5	2	¹—	4	1
Merton	0	0	0	¹—	2	1	10	5	2	10	6	2
Newham	10	2	1	20	4	3	25	5	3	25	5	4
Redbridge	10	6	2	20	13	3	15	10	3	20	14	3
Richmond upon Thames	¹—	2	1	¹—	4	1	5	5	1	5	6	2
Sutton	20	19	5	10	6	2	10	8	3	10	6	2
Waltham Forest	¹—	1	1	5	3	1	10	2	1	15	6	3
South East Shire Counties
Buckinghamshire	20	8	2	25	10	2	10	4	1	10	4	1
East Sussex	20	4	2	20	5	2	45	10	4	35	7	3
Hampshire	55	8	2	40	5	1	45	5	2	50	6	2
Kent	60	5	2	65	5	2	65	4	2	105	6	3
Oxfordshire	30	6	2	45	10	3	35	7	2	45	10	3
Surrey	45	7	2	85	13	4	55	8	2	50	7	2
West Sussex	40	6	3	40	6	2	35	4	2	40	6	3
Unitary Authorities
Bracknell Forest	5	8	2	5	10	3	10	14	3	5	10	3
Brighton and Hove	20	6	4	25	7	5	20	6	4	30	8	6
Isle of Wight	5	4	2	¹—	1	¹—	10	5	3	10	7	5
Medway Towns	5	2	1	25	8	4	35	11	6	15	5	3
Milton Keynes	10	2	2	25	8	5	n/a	n/a	n/a	5	3	1
Portsmouth	¹—	1	1	10	5	3	15	6	3	15	6	4
Reading	¹—	1	¹—	¹—	1	1	15	13	5	15	12	5
Slough	0	0	0	¹—	3	1	5	4	2	15	9	5
Southampton	20	6	4	25	6	5	30	8	7	15	4	3
West Berkshire	5	5	1	5	5	2	¹—	2	1	5	6	2
Windsor and Maidenhead	¹—	5	1	¹—	3	1	10	9	3	5	7	2
Woking	10	12	3	10	11	3	5	7	2	10	9	2
¹Less than five (for numbers) or 0.5 (for rates or percentages)
Figures have been rounded to the nearest five
n/a = not available

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