The following are the
figures from FoI requests at Hammersmith and Fulham. They demonstrate that following agreeing the
target to increase the number of adoptions (and get £500,000) the number of
babies taken into care went up by about 10 a year and following that period it
dropped first by about 10 from over 20 to 10 then to 2 in 4 ½ months. And it also demonstrates that the number of
adoptions from care of toddlers jumped by about 10 following the babies being
taken into care.
In essence it argues that
perhaps 10-20 babies were taken into care to be adopted as part of obtaining
the reward of £500,000 for an increase in permanence.
The
following figures are on a calendar year basis.
Children Entering Care since 01/01/2000
|
Year Bands |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
0-1 |
10 |
7 |
18 |
18 |
10 |
21 |
23 |
10 |
2 |
|
1-5 |
26 |
17 |
19 |
25 |
21 |
6 |
16 |
17 |
5 |
|
5-10 |
20 |
26 |
27 |
19 |
23 |
15 |
18 |
27 |
2 |
|
10+ |
92 |
93 |
79 |
75 |
133 |
67 |
57 |
53 |
8 |
|
|
148 |
143 |
143 |
137 |
187 |
109 |
114 |
107 |
17 |
The
following figures are on a calendar year basis.
Adoptions since
|
Year Bands |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
0-1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
1-5 |
5 |
8 |
14 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
10 |
13 |
6 |
|
5-10 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
10+ |
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
6 |
14 |
17 |
21 |
17 |
10 |
12 |
19 |
9 |
The
following figures are on a financial year basis.
Please note that the
majority of these orders are made to a parent or relative(s) of the child.
Those that aren’t are made to long standing Foster
Carers.
In some instances the
children are not looked after by H&F before the Residence or Special
Guardianship order is made, but there will often be possible care proceedings
because of concerns for the children.
Residence Orders and Special Guardianship Orders since
01/01/2000
|
Year Bands |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
0-1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
1-5 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
5-10 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
10+ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
|
|
2 |
13 |
1 |
13 |
10 |
21 |
17 |
12 |
2 |
In
response to the question as to why the figures supplied in the tables below do
not reconcile with the article:
The
101 figure in the article is not just adoptions.
This
number is made up of adoptions, special guardianships and residence orders.
|
|
2005/2006 |
2006/2007 |
2007/2008 |
TOTAL |
|
Adoption |
12 |
16 |
20 |
48 |
|
Residence Order |
4 |
7 |
1 |
12 |
|
Special Guardianship |
5 |
11 |
25 |
41 |
|
TOTAL |
21 |
34 |