The British Association for Adoption & Fostering told a Children Nowconference last week it had evidence of children waiting for adoptionwhen there were families ready to adopt them.
Barbara Hutchinson, deputy chief executive of the association, said: "Wehave examples where social workers don't place a child with a familyapproved by a voluntary adoption agency because they don't have themoney." Fees for using a voluntary adoption agency can be about 6,000 more than using a local authority. Hutchinson said: "Two or threeyears down the line the children get adopted by a voluntary adoptionagency, but it costs the local authority in the interim."
The Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies has just written to theDepartment for Education and Skills about the issue. They are waitingfor a response.
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