questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s statistical release entitled Children looked after in England including adoption, last updated 20 November 2025, how many children looked after were adopted in England in the year ending 31 March 2025 by same-sex couples, broken down by whether the adopters were recorded as male same-sex couples or female same-sex couples.
answerText: The department publishes information on the sex of adopters, including a breakdown by legal status, in Table E3 of the ‘Children looked after in England, including adoptions’ statistics release, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics....
heading: Adoption: LGBT+ People