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TABLE C3
Personal Social Services
Children: Adoptions from care
England
Numbers
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Total
2,000
1,900
1,900
2,100
2,200
2,700
Sex
Boys
1,000
980
920
1,100
1,100
1,400
Girls
1,000
900
940
1,000
1,100
1,400
Age at adoption
Under 1
200
150
140
140
200
200
1-4
810
860
890
1,100
1,300
1,600
5-9
690
610
580
660
580
800
10-15
290
260
220
170
150
120
16 & over
30
30
30
20
10
10
Duration of final period of care
Under 1 year
230
190
180
170
250
230
1 year to under 2 years
360
400
390
470
570
710
2 years to under 3 years
380
410
490
600
610
820
3 years & over
1,100
910
810
900
790
980
Figures may not add, due to rounding.
Contact:Brian Allen 020 7972 3801 (email: brian.allen@doh.gsi.gov.uk)
See General Notes Section
See Chart
Slightly more than half of all children adopted in England had been looked after by a local authority immediately prior to being adopted. Most of the remainder are adopted by step-parents or relatives, and are not included in this table.
The average age of looked-after childrenwho are adoptedd fell from 5 years 6 months in 1995/6, to 4 years 4 months in 1999/2000.
The proportion of looked-after children who were freed for adoption before being adopted has risen from 26% in 1994/95, to 40% in 1999/2000.
TABLE C3
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