Further measures to improve the care system for looked-after children will be published in the summer, but the proposals set out the first legislative changes that the government intends to implement. Here are the four key points:
1.Tackling delays
The overarching aim of the government’s adoption action plan is to tackle delays in the system.
Guidance already requires local authorities to refer children to the adoption register if no potential family is identified for them within three months of being put forward for adoption.
The government is now considering putting this requirement into primary legislation, as well as a new duty to keep information about children on the register up to date.
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