FOI Request - Children Being Placed In Care

Request 101003541510

1.  The number of children being placed into care/adoptions that occurred in the years 2013-2023

2.  The number of children being placed into care/adoptions that occurred without parental consent between 2013-2023

3.  The number of children being placed into care/adoptions that occurred with parental consent between 2018-2023

4.  The number of children being placed into care/adoptions that occurred with the reason listed as "possible future harm" between 2018-2023

5.  The number of children being placed into care/adoptions that occurred with the reason listed as neglect/abuse between 2018-2023

6.  The average duration that the children were in care before being adopted

7.  The average age of the parents who were subject to a child removal order between 2018-2023

8.  The average age of the children who were removed from parental care between 2018-2023

9.  Are there targets set out for adoptions per annual year?

10.  Is additional funding allocated to a council borough based on the number of adoptions a council completes and finalizes each year?

11.  What is defined under 'adoption targets'?

12.  How many infants were made subject of a care order, to be removed from their birth parents, without parental consent, before they were born in the years 2013-2023?

Response 12-07-2024

1. 637 children    (note that 215 were Children at Home under SW Supervision which is technically a looked after placement in Scotland but not Looked After & Accommodated)

2. 114 children were taken into care under a Child Protection Order

3. 187 children were placed in care under s.25 Provision of Accommodation by LAs – which is a voluntary placement

4. Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

5. Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

6. Of cases who were adopted from 2018 to 2023, the average time in care before adoption was 748 days

7. Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

8. Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.

9. No

10. No

11. Not applicable

12. Not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.