A briefing published by the Adoption Leadership Board, which was set up in early 2014 to oversee the adoption system, reveals in that it is concerned a slump in adoption placement orders in recent years has led to a "substantial contraction" of adopter recruitment by councils and voluntary adoption agencies.
"The latest available data suggests that there are more approved adopters waiting than children," says the briefing.
"However, we should not conclude that this means there are enough adopters on a simple numerical calculation."
As of 30 June 2016, there were 2,890 approved adopters not linked or matched - more than the number of children waiting, although this figure represents a fall from 3,510 at 30 June 2015.
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