Council: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Performance: The percentage of looked-after children who were placed for adoption within 12 months, year ending 31 March
2004 England 80.4% Stockport 72%
2005 England 76.8% Stockport 78.3%
2006 England 75.1% Stockport 77.8%
2007 England 76.3% Stockport 91.3%
2008 England 75.8% Stockport 92.3%
The adoption service in Stockport has been bucking the national trend in recent years by increasing the percentage of children placed for adoption within 12 months.
Sue Westwood, service manager for fostering and adoption in Stockport, says that while the authority is not short of people wanting to be adoptive parents, special attention has to be paid to children who have specific needs.
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