§ Keith VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many inter-country adoptions there were by British citizens in each of the last three years, broken down by country. [85527]
§ Jacqui SmithThis information is not held centrally. Children habitually resident outside the United Kingdom may be adopted by British residents in the child's state of origin where the adoption order is recognised under UK law or brought to the UK by British residents for the purposes of adoption in the UK courts. British citizens living outside the UK may also adopt children habitually resident outside the UK through procedures agreed with the child's state of origin. Figures are only held for the number of applications involving a home study assessment in the UK and sent to the Department for processing. Not all of these applications are by British Citizens.
The table shows how many overseas adoption applications the Department has received in each of the last three years.
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Country name Number of applications Applications received by country from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000 Algeria 1 Armenia 1 Belarus 1 Bulgaria 3 Cambodia 1 Canada 1 China 176 Colombia 1 Ghana 1 Guatemala 24 India 14 Iran 1 Jordan 1 Kazakhstan 2 Latvia 1 Lithuania 1 Macedonia 1 Mexico 1 Morocco 3 Peru 1 Philippines 3 Romania 23 Russia 14 Singapore 1 Sri Lanka 2 Thailand 45 Ukraine 2 USA 15 Vietnam 10 Total applications received 351 Applications received by country from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Brazil 2 Bulgaria 3 China 176
Country name Number of applications Colombia 4 Ethiopia 1 Georgia 1 Guatemala 13 Hong Kong 1 India 19 Mexico 1 Morocco 1 Pakistan 4 Peru 1 Philippines 7 Poland 1 Portugal 1 Romania 5 Russia 13 South Africa 1 Sri Lanka 7 Thailand 29 Turkey 1 Ukraine 1 USA 22 Vietnam 11 Total applications received 327 Applications received by country from 1 January 2002 to 2 December 2002 Armenia 1 Brazil 1 Bulgaria 4 Cambodia 4 Chile 1 China 126 Colombia 1 Guatemala 17 India 19 Lithuania 1 Madagascar 2 Malaysia 1 Mauritius 2 Mexico 1 Morocco 3 Nepal 1 Pakistan 2 Philippines 4 Poland 1 Romania 3 Russia 14 Samoa 1 South Africa 2 Sri Lanka 1 Taiwan 1 Thailand 19 Turkey 1 Ukraine 2 USA 18 Vietnam 15 Total applications received 269