Adoption

(asked on 3rd June 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria must be met for her to direct one or more local authorities to have their adoption service functions carried out by another authority or agency.


Answered by
Edward Timpson Portrait
Edward Timpson
This question was answered on 10th June 2015

The Department for Education will work with local authorities in order to deliver regional adoption agencies. The department will provide both financial and practical support to help form these new agencies.

The Education and Adoption Bill seeks to drive a system-wide change and the department will use its powers where local authorities are unwilling to join regional adoption agencies.

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