Adopters' Charter

On 6 January 2012, I met with Wiltshire Council representatives from Children Services to discuss children in care and the adoption process. This followed the Prime Minister's announcement during Conference to focus on the serious issue facing children in care and prospective parents struggling to adopt. In the past year, of the 3,660 children in care under the age of one year, only 60 were placed for adoption and I have corresponded with several constituents about their struggle to pass through the laborious adoption process. I am therefore very supportive by the Government's proactive approach to reversing this worrying trend; such as the publishing of an Adopters' Charter which sets out what adopters and prospective adopters can expect from adoption agencies. My meeting with Wiltshire Council was to ensure that they will follow the Government's example in this area and I was strongly reassured that this would be the case - starting with their commitment to sign up to the Adopters' Charter.

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