Adoption

House of Lords written question – answered at on 29 January 2008.

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Photo of Lord Haworth Lord Haworth Labour

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Statement by Lord Adonis on 6 December 2007 (WS 215), how many adopters' dossiers for the adoption of Guatemalan children by United Kingdom residents had been reviewed by the Department for Children, Schools and Families at the time of the decision to suspend adoptions and will now not be processed.

Photo of Lord Adonis Lord Adonis Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Schools and Learners), Department for Children, Schools and Families, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Schools and Learners)

Nineteen applications to adopt from Guatemala were held by the Department for Children, Schools and Families that were not able to proceed when the suspension was introduced.

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