The last 12 months have already seen several initiatives enshrined in legislation, guidance and regulations to reduce the amount of time children wait for adoptive placements. These include the speeding up of the adoption approval process to a two-stage time-limited process and an expedited process to approve existing adopters as foster carers.
In the Children and Families Act 2014, a further raft of provisions have been laid out by parliament, which will all become law by July. Revised statutory guidance will be published alongside the new law.
Adoption and Children Act Register
Under Section 7 of the new act, prospective adopters will be allowed to search and inspect the Adoption and Children Act register and see the names of children waiting to be adopted. Regulations to be brought in later this year will prescribe the circumstances in which the register can be viewed with prospective adopters being asked to sign an agreement to ensure the safety of the information.
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