adoptions

Dear Ms Moore
Thank you for your request for information which has been forwarded to the
appropriate officers for reply.
Yours sincerely
Richard Childs
County Archivist

Melizza Moore To FOI requests at West
<[FOI #39388 email]> Sussex County Council
<[West Sussex County Council request email]>
24/06/2010 14:28 cc
Subject Freedom of Information
request - adoptions

Dear West Sussex County Council,

I would like to know how many children were forcibly adopted
(against parental consent and wishes) since 2006

Yours faithfully,

Yours faithfully,

Melizza Moore

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Dear Ms. Moore,

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request of 24 June
2010.

Please note that West Sussex County Council does not use or recognise the
term "forced adoption" and we find it unhelpfully perjorative. The
children in question are children placed with adoptive parents under the
provisions of a placement order and legally adopted by a court making an
adoption order according to due process.

Please see below for the figures you requested:

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Reporting Year | Number of children adopted after consent dispensed |
| (Apr - Mar) | with by court |
|----------------+-------------------------------------------------------|
| 2006/07 | 24 |
|----------------+-------------------------------------------------------|
| 2007/08 | 26 |
|----------------+-------------------------------------------------------|
| 2008/09 | 28 |
|----------------+-------------------------------------------------------|
| 2009/10 | 18 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Yours sincerely,

Sent on behalf of
Susan Ellery
Principal Manager Specialist Services
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