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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 - average time between the different stages of the adoption process

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2018 to 2020

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Number (Durations are expressed in years and months)
   • Age at start of period of care:
     • All ages
     • aged 1
     • aged 2
     • aged 3
     • aged 4
   • Stage of the adoption process:
     • 1. Average time between entry into care and decision that child should be placed for adoption
     • 2. Average time between decision that child should be placed for adoption and matching of child and adopters
     • 3. Average time between date of matching and date placed for adoption
     • 4. Total average time between entry into care and date placed for adoption
     • 5. Average time between date placed for adoption and the date child adopted

6. Step 6 Explore data

   This data is not from the latest release

   View latest data: Reporting year 2023

   Number (Durations are expressed in years and months) for 'National - Children looked after who were adopted - average time between the different stages of the adoption process' for 1. Average time between entry into care and decision that child should be placed for adoption, 2. Average time between decision that child should be placed for adoption and matching of child and adopters, 3. Average time between date of matching and date placed for adoption, 4. Total average time between entry into care and date placed for adoption, 5. Average time between date placed for adoption and the date child adopted and 11 other filters in England between 2018 and 2020

   	1. Average time between entry into care and decision that child should be placed for adoption			2. Average time between decision that child should be placed for adoption and matching of child and adopters			3. Average time between date of matching and date placed for adoption			4. Total average time between entry into care and date placed for adoption			5. Average time between date placed for adoption and the date child adopted			6. Total average time between entry into care and adoption			Children adopted during the year who were placed for adoption within 12 months of an agency decision that the child should be placed for adoption
   	2018	2019	2020	2018	2019	2020	2018	2019	2020	2018	2019	2020	2018	2019	2020	2018	2019	2020	2018	2019	2020
   All ages	0:06	0:06	0:07	0:07	0:08	0:08	0:01	0:01	0:01	1:02	1:03	1:03	0:09	0:09	0:08	1:11	2:00	2:00	3,230	2,940	2,680
   aged under 1	0:06	0:06	0:06	0:06	0:06	0:07	0:00	0:00	0:00	1:00	1:00	1:01	0:08	0:08	0:07	1:07	1:08	1:09	2,110	2,050	2,000
   aged 1	0:07	0:07	0:07	0:09	0:10	0:10	0:01	0:01	0:01	1:05	1:05	1:07	0:10	0:10	0:10	2:03	2:03	2:04	370	300	240
   aged 2	0:08	0:07	0:07	0:09	0:10	0:11	0:01	0:01	0:01	1:06	1:06	1:07	0:11	0:11	0:10	2:04	2:05	2:05	300	240	190
   aged 3	0:08	0:07	0:07	0:11	0:10	0:11	0:01	0:01	0:01	1:07	1:06	1:07	0:11	0:11	0:11	2:07	2:05	2:06	180	160	120
   aged 4	0:08	0:09	0:11	0:11	1:00	0:11	0:01	0:01	0:01	1:07	1:09	1:11	0:10	1:00	1:00	2:05	2:09	2:10	120	100	70
   aged 5	0:08	0:07	1:01	0:10	0:11	1:01	0:01	0:01	0:01	1:07	1:07	2:02	0:10	1:00	1:01	2:06	2:08	3:04	80	50	30
   aged 6	0:07	1:02	1:10	0:11	0:11	0:11	0:01	0:01	0:01	1:08	2:01	2:10	0:11	0:11	1:01	2:07	3:00	3:11	40	30	20
   aged 7 and over	1:04	1:09	2:00	1:01	0:08	0:09	0:02	0:01	0:00	2:06	2:05	2:09	0:10	1:02	0:09	3:03	3:08	3:06	20	20	20

   Footnotes

   1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Average time rounded to the nearest month. 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. Age is as at the start of period of care. 'Number of children' is those who were placed for adoption within 12 months (i.e. less than 365 days, inclusive of date placed for adoption) of the decision that they should be placed for adoption. This figure excludes children who were placed within 12 months of the decision that they should be placed for adoption, but whose placement for adoption broke down before being adopted.

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

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