HC Deb 28 May 2004 vol 422 cc113-4W
Mr. David Stewart

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many intercountry adoptions have taken place in each year since 1994. [172216]

Margaret Hodge

[holding answer 19 May 2004]: This information is not available centrally. The following table shows the number of intercountry adoption applications processed since 1994 by the Department of Health and since June 2003 by the Department for Education and Skills:

Number of applications
1994 113
1995 150
1996 310
1997 221
1998 258
1999 277
2000 351
2001 326
2002 285
2003 300