- Title or Description
- Transracial Adoption
- FOI Number
- 2024442
- Date Received
- 17/04/2024
- Type of Request
- FOI
- Request or Question
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1. The number of transracial adoption placements by your local authority in the financial year 2023/24. 2. The percentage of white children in care placed for adoption in the financial year 2023/24 and the percentage of black children in care placed for adoption in the financial year 2023/24, by your local authority.
3. The percentage of white children in care that you have currently with an adoption plan and the percentage of black that you have children in care currently with an adoption plan.
4. The average amount of time in your Local Authority that white children in care with an adoption plan have been waiting for a placement and average amount of time that black children in care with an adoption plan have been waiting for placement.
5. Do you have a policy for requiring an ethnic match for adoption placement? If not, do you have a policy for preference for an ethnic match for adoption placement? Do you have a policy for preference for an ethnic match for adoption placement even if this results in a delay. Please provide a copy of your policy. Please provide a copy of your guidance and training requirements for prospective adopters. - Response
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0 2023/24 White children – 86% Black children – 14%
White children – 100% Black children – 0%
Children in care with an adoption plan but yet to be placed. White children – 8.3 months Black children – 0 months (concurrent placement) Calculated from date of Permanence panel recommendation to date of adoption placement.
No - none of the above. See attached. - Link to download
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