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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Children looked after in England including adoptions

2. Step 2

   • Data set: National - Children looked after who were adopted during the year ending 31 March

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2018 to 2020

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Number
     • Percent
   • Characteristics:
     • 1 to 4 years
     • 10 to 15 years
     • 16 years and over
     • 5 to 9 years
     • Average age (yrs : months)

6. Step 6 Explore data

   This data is not from the latest release

   View latest data: Reporting year 2023

   'National - Children looked after who were adopted during the year ending 31 March' for 1 to 4 years, 1 year, 1 year to under 2 years, 10 to 15 years, 16 years and over and 38 other filters in England between 2018 and 2020

   		Number			Percent
   		2018	2019	2020	2018	2019	2020
   Age at adoption	Total adopted	3,850	3,590	3,440	100%	100%	100%
   	Under 1 year	320	240	220	8%	7%	6%
   	1 to 4 years	2,690	2,670	2,660	70%	74%	77%
   	5 to 9 years	790	630	520	20%	17%	15%
   	10 to 15 years	60	50	50	2%	1%	1%
   	16 years and over	c	10	10	c	~	~
   	Average age (yrs : months)	03:03	03:02	03:00	z	z	z
   Age on starting final period of care	Total adopted	3,850	3,590	3,440	100%	100%	100%
   	Under 1 year	2,320	2,310	2,330	60%	64%	68%
   	1 year	470	400	370	12%	11%	11%
   	2 years	390	340	300	10%	10%	9%
   	3 years	270	230	200	7%	6%	6%
   	4 years and over	390	310	250	10%	9%	7%
   	Average age (yrs : mths)	01:04	01:02	01:00	z	z	z
   Category of Need	Total adopted	3,850	3,590	3,440	100%	100%	100%
   	N1. Abuse or neglect	2,760	2,660	2,670	72%	74%	77%
   	N2. Child's disability	20	10	10	~	~	~
   	N3. Parents illness or disability	170	150	120	4%	4%	3%
   	N4. Family in acute stress	200	190	160	5%	5%	5%
   	N5. Family dysfunction	630	490	420	16%	14%	12%
   	N6. Socially unacceptable behaviour	10	20	10	~	~	~
   	N7. Low income	c	c	c	c	c	c
   	N8. Absent parenting	60	70	50	2%	2%	2%
   Duration of final period of care	Total adopted	3,850	3,590	3,440	100%	100%	100%
   	Under 1 year	390	270	260	10%	8%	7%
   	1 year to under 2 years	2,180	2,080	1,920	57%	58%	56%
   	2 years to under 3 years	880	870	920	23%	24%	27%
   	3 years and over	400	370	350	10%	10%	10%
   	Average duration (yrs : mths)	01:11	02:00	02:00	z	z	z
   Ethnic origin	Total adopted	3,850	3,590	3,440	100%	100%	100%
   	White	3,230	2,980	2,850	84%	83%	83%
   	Mixed	380	400	360	10%	11%	10%
   	Asian or Asian British	50	50	40	1%	1%	1%
   	Black or Black British	70	70	60	2%	2%	2%
   	Other ethnic groups	50	40	50	1%	1%	1%
   	Other	80	70	80	2%	2%	2%
   Final legal status	Total adopted	3,850	3,590	3,440	100%	100%	100%
   	Placement Order	3,720	3,460	3,320	97%	96%	96%
   	Care Order	50	50	60	1%	1%	2%
   	Voluntary agreement (S20)	80	80	70	2%	2%	2%
   Gender	Total adopted	3,850	3,590	3,440	100%	100%	100%
   	Male	2,030	1,880	1,780	53%	52%	52%
   	Female	1,820	1,720	1,670	47%	48%	48%

   Footnotes

   1. 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.
   2. Category of need is the main category of the eight “need codes” at the time the child started to be looked after.

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   • Publication: Children looked after in England including adoptions, Reporting year 2023

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