Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S4W-06705 · Session 4

What information it holds on the number of families who have adopted in each of the last 10 years.

Answered Asked by Ken Macintosh Lab Lodged 16 Apr 2012

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it holds on the number of families who have adopted in each of the last 10 years.

The answer

Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 May 2012 · 15 days after it was lodged, on time

Data on the number of families who have adopted in each of the last 10 years is not held centrally.
The total number of adoptions from 2002 to 2010 is 3,886 including familial adoptions.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-06705 by reference.