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- Children looked after in England including adoptions
Step 2 Select a data set or featured table
- Data set
- National - Children looked after who were adopted - number, gender and legal status of adopters
Step 3 Choose Countries
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- England
Step 4 Choose time period
- Time period
- 2018 to 2020
Step 5 Choose your filters
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- Percentage
- Characteristic level
- 1 Total adopted by single adopters
- 1a Single male adopter
- 1b Single female adopter
- 2 Total adopted by a same sex couple not in civil partnership or married
- 2a Same sex couple not in civil partnership or married - both male
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This data is not from the latest releaseView latest data: Reporting year 2023'National - Children looked after who were adopted - number, gender and legal status of adopters' for 1 Total adopted by single adopters, 1a Single male adopter, 1b Single female adopter, 2 Total adopted by a same sex couple not in civil partnership or married, 2a Same sex couple not in civil partnership or married - both male and 14 other filters in England between 2018 and 2020 Number Percentage 2018 2019 2020 2018 2019 2020 Number of adopters Total children adopted 3,850 3,590 3,440 100% 100% 100% Adopted by 1 person 410 440 390 11% 12% 11% Adopted by 2 people 3,440 3,160 3,050 89% 88% 89% Gender and legal status of adopters Total children adopted 3,850 3,590 3,440 100% 100% 100% 1 Total adopted by single adopters 410 440 390 11% 12% 11% 1a Single male adopter 30 30 30 1% 1% 1% 1b Single female adopter 380 410 360 10% 11% 11% 2 Total adopted by a same sex couple not in civil partnership or married 160 150 180 4% 4% 5% 2a Same sex couple not in civil partnership or married - both male 100 110 120 3% 3% 3% 2b Same sex couple not in civil partnership or married - both female 60 40 60 1% 1% 2% 3 Total different sex unmarried couple 310 310 290 8% 9% 9% 4 Total adopted by a civil partnership couple 120 100 100 3% 3% 3% 4a Civil partnership couple - different sex z z 0 z z 0% 4b Civil partnership couple - both male 80 70 70 2% 2% 2% 4c Civil partnership couple - both female 50 30 30 1% 1% 1% 5 Total adopted by a married couple 2,850 2,590 2,480 74% 72% 72% 5a Married couple - different sex 2,680 2,350 2,200 70% 65% 64% 5b Married couple - both male 100 170 170 3% 5% 5% 5c Married couple - both female 70 70 120 2% 2% 3% Footnotes
- Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. See the methodology document for further information. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
- The Royal Assent to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act in July 2013 allowed same sex marriages to be performed from summer 2014. Different sex civil partnerships were allowed from December 2019.
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- Publication: Children looked after in England including adoptions, Reporting year 2023
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