Consultation outcome

Adoption: getting it right, making it work

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 28 February 2014
• Last updated: 29 May 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

Adoption: getting it right, making it work - government response

Ref: DFE-00427-2014

PDF, 293 KB, 29 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of consultation responses, the main reforms and the government’s response outlining the next steps to be taken, which include changes to the statutory guidance and 4 sets of regulations.

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Original consultation

Summary

Proposed changes to adoption regulations and statutory guidance in England as a result of part 1 of the Children and Families Bill.

This consultation ran from
10am on 28 February 2014 to 5pm on 11 April 2014

Consultation description

The department consulted on amendments to statutory guidance and regulations about:

• fostering for adoption
• consideration of ethnicity when matching children with prospective adopters
• placing siblings with an adoptive family
• information to be provided about adoption support
• the Adoption and Children Act register
• contact in respect of children in care and adopted children

We also consulted on the revision to the second outcome in standard 13 of the adoption national minimum standards and the updated statutory adoption guidance.

Documents

Adoption consultation document

PDF, 454 KB, 23 pages

The Adoption Support Services (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (Draft)

PDF, 94.6 KB, 3 pages

The Adoption and Children Act Register Regulations 2014 (Draft)

PDF, 121 KB, 5 pages

The Adoption and Children Act Register (Search and Inspection) Regulations 2014 (Draft)

PDF, 96.9 KB, 3 pages

The Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (Draft)

PDF, 168 KB, 4 pages

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Adoption: shortened statutory guidance

PDF, 294 KB, 19 pages

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Adoption: statutory guidance 2014 (draft)

PDF, 1.08 MB, 170 pages

Published 28 February 2014
Last updated 29 May 2014 + show all updates

1. 29 May 2014

   Government response published.

2. 28 February 2014

   First published.