Reading this report took me back to the depressing and false “adoption is best” gold standard arguments, unthinkingly advanced by Blair and Cameron.
All relative special guardianship orders (SGO) used to be adoptions, so you should look at both options together, by doing this you find that numbers are rising and have been consistently.
In 2018, 7,320 children were subject to either SGOs or adoption orders, in 2020 it was 7200, a change that is barely statistically relevant. Having more children remain within extended family, rather than be adopted by an unrelated stranger, is not a cause for concern.
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