Adoption: getting it right, making it work
Proposed changes to adoption regulations and statutory guidance in England as a result of part 1 of the Children and Families Bill.
Detail
The department consulted on amendments to statutory guidance and regulations about:
- fostering for adoption
- consideration of ethnicity when matching children with prospective adopters
- placing siblings with an adoptive family
- information to be provided about adoption support
- the Adoption and Children Act register
- contact in respect of children in care and adopted children
We also consulted on the revision to the second outcome in standard 13 of the adoption national minimum standards and the updated statutory adoption guidance.
Documents
Adoption consultation documentapplication/pdfThe Adoption Support Services (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (Draft)application/pdfThe Adoption and Children Act Register Regulations 2014 (Draft)application/pdfThe Adoption and Children Act Register (Search and Inspection) Regulations 2014 (Draft)application/pdfThe Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014 (Draft)application/pdfAdoption: shortened statutory guidanceapplication/pdfAdoption: statutory guidance 2014 (draft)application/pdfAdoption: getting it right, making it work - government responseapplication/pdf