To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment has been made of the impact of paying statutory adoption pay for 26 weeks at £106 per week and statutory maternity pay at six weeks at a level of 90 percent. followed by 20 weeks at £106 per week on (a) the number of people coming forward to be adopters and (b) the impact of adoption on families of a reduced income; what plans he has to review the levels of payment; and if he will make a statement.