questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were adopted from care in England in each of the last five years, broken down by the age of the child at the date of the adoption order and whether the adopters were recorded as a same-sex couple, different-sex couple or single adopter.
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