‘Scorecards’ measuring the timeliness of local authorities and other adoption agencies in placing children in adoptive families show that overall there has been no improvement between 2009-2012.
The Government introduced scorecards in March 2012 as part of a new approach to address delays in the adoption system, with targets set for the time between a child entering care and moving in with an adoptive family, and the time between a local authority receiving court authority to place a child and the local authority deciding on a match to an adoptive family.
According to the most recent data, which covers the period 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2013, only 36 local authorities met both targets, while 65 failed to meet either.
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