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Local Level ASG Data Q2 2023-2024
This spreadsheet provides local-level information on the adoption process, derived from the quarterly Adoption and Special Guardianship Data Collection.
Business Intelligence Report Q2 2023-2024
Adoption and Special Guardianship Quarterly Data Collection Q2 2023-2024.
Local Level ASGLB Data Q4 2019-2020
This spreadsheet provides local-level information on the adoption process, derived from the quarterly Adoption and Special Guardianship Data Collection.
Local Level ASG Data Q1 2023-2024
This spreadsheet provides local-level information on the adoption process, derived from the quarterly Adoption and Special Guardianship Data Collection.
ASG Q1 2023-2024 Headline Measures
The numbers of decisions for children continues to fluctuate, with ADMs and PO being lower in Q1 2023/24 when compared to last quarter. The numbers of AOs and SGOs granted in Q1 were also lower, the number of children matched increased slightly, while the number of children placed decreased slightly. More children were waiting with a PO 18+ months since entering care, 12+ and 18+ months since grant of PO.
ASG Q4 2022/23 Headline Measures
There has been an increase in the number of Adoption Orders, while the number of Special Guardianship Orders have remained the same as last year. Agency Decision Maker decisions and Placement Orders have also increased, resulting in a rise in the number children waiting with a Placement Order. Less children are waiting with a PO 18+ months since entering care, 12+ and 18+ months since grant of PO. The number of children matched with an adoptive family continues to decline, but there has been an increase in the number of children placed with an adoptive family.