According to the Department for Education, the number of approved adopters rose by 23 per cent in the three months to March this year, compared to the same period in 2020.
The jump in the number of approvals has coincided with a fall in the number of children waiting for adoption, down by around 240 over the same timeframe.
The figures have been released during National Adoption Week and amid a national adopter recruitment campaign #Youcanadopt.
According to the DfE, there are still 2,000 children waiting for adoption, but recruitment service for adopters, First4Adoption, puts this figure at almost 3,000.
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