FOI Request - Transracial Adoption

Request 101003549898

Updated 01/05/2024

1. The number of transracial adoption placements by your local authority in the financial year 2023/24.

2. Please provide the percentage of white children in care placed for adoption in the financial year 2023/24 - as a percentage of the white children in care. Please provide the percentage of black children in care placed for adoption in the financial year 2023/24,  as a percentage of the black children in care.

3. Please provide the percentage of white children in care that you have currently with an adoption plan as a percentage of the white children in care and the percentage of black that you have children in care currently with an adoption plan as a percentage of the black children in care.

4. The average amount of time in your Local Authority that white children in care with an adoption plan have been waiting for a placement and average amount of time that black children in care with an adoption plan have been waiting for placement.

5. a) Do you have a policy for requiring an ethnic match for adoption placement? 

b) If not, do you have a policy for preference for an ethnic match for adoption placement? 

c) Do you have a policy for preference for an ethnic match for adoption placement even if this results in a delay. Please provide a copy of your policy.

d) Please provide a copy of your guidance and training requirements for prospective adopters.

Response 09-05-2024

1. None

2. Not applicable

3. Not applicable

4. Children in care with an adoption plan have been waiting for a placement on average less than 3 months; there were no black children awaiting adoption in Moray during the timescale the information was requested for.

5. a) No

b) No

c) No

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