DCSF: Adoption and the Inter-agency Fee Research Information
| Description | The study aimed to explore the costs of arranging adoptions by local authorities and voluntary adoption agencies (VAAs) by estimating: costs for adoption agencies in the statutory and voluntary sectors of recruiting and preparing adopters and placing children in adoptive families; costs of providing adoption support post placement and post order for children placed after 2002; and overheads for adoption agencies. The study utilised financial accounts for 2007-2008 from adoption teams in 10 LAs and 17 VAAs. Activity data from the 8 LAs and 10 VAAs was looked at and interviews held with 61 adoptive parents. The study used data from a range of other sources such as Personal Social Services Expenditure, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies returns, and DCSF SSDA903 statistical returns on children looked after by local authorities. | |
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| Reference ID | DCSF-RR149/DCSF-RB149 | |
| Coverage Country | England | |
| Date Released | 24 September 2009 | |
| Type | Research Report | |
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