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Adoption, fostering and surrogacy

Research and statistics

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  • Information on looked-after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2022 to 2023.

  • This annual publication details statistical information on children adopted from care in Northern Ireland.

  • Findings from qualitative research investigating foster carer recruitment and conversion rates.

  • Research on how behavioural influences on fostering and adoption recruitment can be used to encourage the recruitment of quality foster carers and adopters.

  • Findings from interviews with local authorities, regional adoption agencies and providers who offered support using the adoption support fund.

  • Findings from qualitative interviews with adoptive parents and special guardian carers.

  • Findings from the second follow up survey of families whose children received support from the adoption support fund.

  • Summarises findings from a 3-year mixed-method evaluation of the adoption support fund in England.

  • Information on looked-after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2021 to 2022.

  • This annual publication details statistical information on children adopted from care in Northern Ireland.

  • Report on the evaluation of the adoption support fund (ASF) on findings from the baseline survey of families whose children received support.

  • Report from the evaluation of the adoption support fund (ASF) on findings from the first follow up survey of families whose children received support.

  • Research reports from the 3-year evaluation of regional adoption agencies (RAAs).

  • Information on looked-after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2020 to 2021.

  • Report on findings from a review of the Department for Education (DfE) funded adoption support fund (ASF) COVID-19 scheme.

  • This annual publication details statistical information on children adopted from care in Northern Ireland.

  • Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019

  • Annual statistics on population, births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships in Northern Ireland

  • Ofsted uses questionnaires to capture views about social care settings, including children’s homes, boarding schools and living with foster carers and adopters.

  • Information on looked-after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2019 to 2020.