§ Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will review the current policies of social services departments regarding the upper age limits for prospective inter-country adoptive parents; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThere is no policy which places an upper age limit on prospective adoptive parents.
Age is one of many factors considered by social services departments in each case before making their recommendation about the suitability of people to become adoptive parents.