Last month, the government announced that an Adoption Leadership Board will be set up to drive through ongoing reforms in the sector.
CYP Now has learned that the board will be headed by an independent chair, yet to be appointed by Education Secretary Michael Gove, alongside at least seven permanent board members.
It will include senior leaders from local government and children's services bodies, as well as officials from the Department for Education and the Department of Health.
Providing more reliable and timely data on numbers of approved adopters and children waiting to be adopted will be central to the board’s work.
Local authority statistics will be presented alongside corresponding voluntary adoption agency figures, and made available within two weeks of collection, significantly faster than official government statistics.
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