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Inquiry into adoption
- This consultation has completed. It ran from Friday, 9 December 2011 to Friday, 3 February 2012
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Response to the consultation
Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation
- Consultation Response AD01. PDF 36 KB View as HTML (2) 4 KB
- Consultation Response AD02. Cwm Taf Health Board PDF 98 KB View as HTML (3) 20 KB
- Consultation Response AD03. PDF 67 KB View as HTML (4) 13 KB
- Consultation Response AD04. North Wales Adoption Service PDF 237 KB
- Consultation Response AD05. PDF 24 KB View as HTML (6) 5 KB
- Consultation Response AD06. PDF 27 KB View as HTML (7) 7 KB
- Consultation Response AD07. PDF 31 KB View as HTML (8) 9 KB
- Consultation Response AD08. St. David's Children Society PDF 737 KB
- Consultation Response AD09. Children's Commissioner for Wales PDF 1 MB
- Consultation Response AD10. Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC PDF 88 KB View as HTML (11) 21 KB
- Consultation Response AD11. PDF 51 KB View as HTML (12) 10 KB
- Consultation Response AD12. British Association of Social Workers Cymru PDF 98 KB View as HTML (13) 8 KB
- Consultation Response AD13. Barnado's Cymru PDF 3 MB
- Consultation Response AD14. Heather Ottaway - Lecturer in Social Work at Cardiff University PDF 92 KB View as HTML (15) 20 KB
- Consultation Response AD15. NSPCC Cymru PDF 2 MB
- Consultation Response AD16. PDF 27 KB View as HTML (17) 6 KB
- Consultation Response AD17. PDF 28 KB View as HTML (18) 7 KB
- Consultation Response AD18. West Wales adopters PDF 51 KB View as HTML (19) 29 KB
- Consultation Response AD19. South East Wales Adoption Service PDF 202 KB View as HTML (20) 69 KB
- Consultation Response AD20. Voices from Care PDF 153 KB View as HTML (21) 30 KB
- Consultation Response AD21. The Fostering Network PDF 56 KB View as HTML (22) 32 KB
- Consultation Response AD22. After Adoption PDF 3 MB
- Consultation Response AD23. PDF 22 KB View as HTML (24) 5 KB
- Consultation Response AD24. Welsh Local Government Association & Association of Directors for Social Services Cymru PDF 322 KB View as HTML (25) 242 KB
- Consultation Response AD25. British Association for Adoption and Fostering PDF 143 KB View as HTML (26) 74 KB
- Consultation Response AD26. Adoption UK PDF 280 KB View as HTML (27) 82 KB
Purpose of the consultation
The National Assembly for Wales’ Children and Young People Committee is undertaking an inquiry into adoption and is keen to examine the experiences and voice of those directly affected by the adoption process, including:
Prospective parents:
- How effectively are prospective parents supported
throughout the adoption process, particularly through the assessment and
approval process?
- What action is needed to encourage prospective parents to pursue adoption as a route?
Adoptive parents and
families:
- In terms of the support provided for adoptive
families, what has been most important in helping to secure the permanence
of adoptions and to help ensure the success of the placement?
- What improvements could be made to the support given to adoptive parents?
Adopted children:
- Do the current arrangements for adoption adequately reflect the rights of the child?
- How effective is the support given to adopted children post adoption, particularly for children who have complex needs?
Professionals working
with adopted children/ families:
- What action is needed to ensure that delays in the adoption process can be kept to a minimum?
- What action is needed to increase the number of successful outcomes once children are considered for adoption?
- How effective has the Welsh Government been at monitoring adoptions and tracking the progress for the child and parents?
- Do you have any specific examples of good practice in the delivery of adoption services, and/or examples of where action is needed to remove barriers to adoption?
The Committee hopes to hear from individuals with direct experience of the adoption process, as well as hear the views of professionals who are involved in supporting children and families throughout the process. In making its recommendations, the Committee will consider this evidence alongside the proposed changes to adoption services announced by the Welsh Government, including the creation of a single national adoption agency as well as the implications of the UK Government’s Family Justice Review.
Invitation to contribute to the inquiry
The Committee welcomes responses from both individuals and
organisations. If you are responding on behalf of an organisation, please
provide a brief description of the role of your organisation.
The Committee welcomes contributions in English or Welsh and
will consider responses to the inquiry and hold oral evidence sessions during
the spring term.
If you wish to submit evidence, please send an electronic copy of your submission to CYPCommittee@wales.gov.uk.
Disclosure of
Information
It is normal practice for the National Assembly to publish evidence provided to a Committee. Consequently your response may appear in a report or in supplementary evidence to a report. The National Assembly will not publish information which it considers to be personal data.
In the event of a request for information submitted under UK legislation, it may be necessary to disclose the information that you provide. This may include information which has previously been removed by the National Assembly for publication purposes.
If you are providing any information, other than personal data, which you feel is not suitable for public disclosure, it is up to you to stipulate which parts should not be published and to provide a reasoned argument to support this. The National Assembly will take this into account when publishing information or responding to requests for information.
Supporting documents
- Consultation letter PDF 82 KB View as HTML (1) 23 KB
- Pre-consultation responses
- Pre-consultation Letter PDF 189 KB
- Pre-consultation Response Welsh Local Government Association PDF 74 KB View as HTML (30) 22 KB
- Pre-consultation Response Adoption UK PDF 112 KB View as HTML (31) 119 KB
- Pre-consultation Response Adoption UK Recommendations Annex A PDF 576 KB
- Pre-consultation Response Adoption UK Report 2010 Annex B PDF 764 KB
- Pre-consultation Response North Wales Adoption Service PDF 315 KB View as HTML (34) 22 KB
- Pre-consultation Response Children's Commissioner for Wales PDF 396 KB
- Pre-consultation Response Pembrokeshire Country Council PDF 54 KB View as HTML (36) 9 KB
Contact details
Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:
Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
Email: Contact@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565