§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the countries from which young children up to the age of five years were allowed entry into the UK for legal adoption in the last 12 months. [53869]
§ Angela EagleInformation on the number of children admitted to the United Kingdom from overseas countries for adoption is not currently available. The information that is available covers the number of children up to the age of five years given indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom (UK) on the basis of adoption. This number excludes those children given limited leave to remain and who are subsequently adopted through the UK courts, becoming British citizens on the date that the final adoption order is made.
A total of around 20 adopted children up to the age of five were given indefinite leave to remain in 2000, the latest information available. The nationalities of the children were:
Chile
China
Guatemala
India
Jamaica
Lebanon
Nigeria
Pakistan
St. Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago
Ukraine
United States of America
Vietnam
Zimbabwe.
475WWe aim to publish 2001 data in July/August 2002.