Children looked after who were adopted during years ending 31 March 1995 to 2006 and their ages
when they were first started to be looked after^1,2,3,4,5
England												numbers
	Year ending 31 March in which adopted
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Growth 1995-2006	Delta
All Children^1,2	2,000	1,900	1,900	2,200	2,100	2,700	3,100	3,400	3,500	3,800	3,800	3,700
Age when first taken into care
Under 1 month	540	510	520	690	720	920	1,000	1,200	1,300	1,300	1,400	1,300	141%	760
From 1 months to under 2 months	80	90	80	100	140	130	150	210	160	170	160	190	138%	110
From 2 months to under 3 months	70	80	60	70	90	100	110	90	130	120	120	120	71%	50
From 3 months to under 4 months	60	50	40	70	60	70	80	80	100	80	90	80	33%	20
From 4 months to under 5 months	40	50	50	70	70	50	90	90	90	70	70	80	100%	40
From 5 months to under 6 months	30	40	30	60	30	50	70	40	90	70	70	50	67%	20
From 6 months to under 9 months	70	80	90	120	110	170	160	150	130	170	150	160	129%	90
From 9 months to under 1 year	60	70	70	130	80	110	150	150	130	130	140	140	133%	80
Babies (under 1 year)	950	970	940	1,310	1,300	1,600	1,810	2,010	2,130	2,110	2,200	2,120	123%	1,170
From 1 years to under 2 years	260	230	240	250	250	370	450	500	430	470	470	460	77%	200
From 2 years to under 3 years	230	200	180	220	180	250	280	380	370	390	380	340	48%	110
From 3 years to under 4 years	170	170	140	140	120	180	210	230	270	310	290	260	53%	90
From 4 years to under 5 years	140	110	100	120	80	120	130	140	160	200	200	210	50%	70
From 5 years to under 6 years	80	80	100	50	80	80	70	100	80	150	120	120	50%	40
From 6 years to under 7 years	60	50	60	40	30	50	40	60	60	80	80	70	17%	10
From 7 years to under 8 years	50	50	30	10	20	20	10	30	30	40	40	40	-20%	-10
From 8 years to under 9 years	20	20	20	20	-	10	10	-	10	20	10	-
From 9 years to under 10 years	20	20	10	10	-	0	10	10	10	10	10	-
10 years and over	30	10	20	10	0	10	10	-	10	20	10	10	-67%	-20
1. Figures are taken from the SSDA903 return.
2. Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements.
3. Historical data may differ from older publications. This is mainly due to the implementation of amendments
and corrections sent by some local authorities after the publication date of previous materials.
4. Between 1998 and 2000, the number of children adopted could only be estimated on the basis of a one-third sample
as a proportion of the total number of children looked after. Since 2001 additional information has been collected on
a 100% basis for looked after children who were adopted. Consequently, for 2001 to 2003, the exact number of
adopted children is known and has been used to estimate the number of children in the age groups shown. These
figures should therefore be treated with caution.
5. To maintain the confidentiality of each individual child, numbers below 1,000 have been rounded to the nearest 10
and numbers above 1,000 have been rounded to the nearest 100. Numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive are suppressed and replaced by a
hyphen (-). Zero (0) is shown only when the number submitted was zero. Where it would be possible to calculate the value of a suppressed
number, the next smallest data item has also been suppressed. As a consequence, figures may not sum to the total.
Children looked after who were adopted during years ending 31 March 1995 to 2006 and who were
under one month old when they were first taken into care^1,2,3,4
England												numbers
	Year ending 31 March in which adopted
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
All Children^1,2,3,4	540	510	520	690	720	920	1,000	1,200	1,300	1,300	1,400	1,300
Age when first taken into care
0 to 7 days	370	340	350	430	530	670	730	790	920	880	920	920	149%	550
8 to 14 days	100	100	100	130	90	180	160	200	210	230	240	220	120%	120
15 to 21 days	40	30	40	70	70	40	90	90	80	100	110	100	150%	60
22 to 30 days	30	30	30	50	30	30	60	70	90	70	100	100	233%	70
1. Figures are taken from the SSDA903 return.
2. Figures exclude children looked after under an agreed series of short term placements.
3. Historical data may differ from older publications. This is mainly due to the implementation of amendments
and corrections sent by some local authorities after the publication date of previous materials.
4. Between 1998 and 2000, the number of children adopted could only be estimated on the basis of a one-third sample
as a proportion of the total number of children looked after. Since 2001 additional information has been collected on
a 100% basis for looked after children who were adopted. Consequently, for 2001 to 2003, the exact number of
adopted children is known and has been used to estimate the number of children in the age groups shown. These
figures should therefore be treated with caution.
5. To maintain the confidentiality of each individual child, numbers below 1,000 have been rounded to the nearest 10
and numbers above 1,000 have been rounded to the nearest 100. As a consequence, figures may not sum to the total.