ISSUES
: Sexuality and Gender
Chapter 3: LGBTQ+ issues
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Region
Number of people who identify
as lesbian who were approved to
adopt in 2013–14 / number where
adoption placements had started
Number of people who identify as
gay approved to adopt in 2013/14
/ number where adoption
placements had started
Number of people
who identify as
bisexual approved to
adopt in 2013/14
North East
25 / 20
20 / 15
0 / 0
North West
80 / 30
90 / 25
0 / 0
Yorkshire and
the Humber
30 / 15
30 / 20
0 / 0
East Midlands
25 / 20
40 / 30
0 / 0
West Midlands
35 / 20
40 / 20
0 / 0
East of England
25 / 15
30 / 10
5 / 5
London
35 / 15
110 / 45
5 / 5
South East
50 / 35
65 / 30
5 / 5
South West
20 / 15
45 / 25
5 / 5
adopters. ‘One’ means one-child-
adopted. If one couple takes three
children they would count as three
adoptions.
Please note that the following
groups are not included in these
statistics:
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lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans
single people.
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bisexual people who are not in
a same-sex relationship
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trans people unless they are
part of a same-sex couple
England only:
2014 – 340 children adopted by
same-sex couples out of 5,050
adoptions (6.7%)
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2013 – 230 out of 4,010 (5.7%)
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2012 – 160 out of 3,470 (4.6%)
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2011 – 100 out of 3,100 (3.2%)
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2010 – 120 out of 3,180 (3.8%)
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2009 – 120 out of 3,270 (3.7%)
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2008 – 80 out of 3,170 (2.5%)
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2007 – 90 out of 3,290 (2.7%)
TOTAL – 1,240 children adopted
by same-sex couples in England
since 2007.
Wales only:
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2014 – 20 children adopted by
same-sex couples out of 345
adoptions (5.8%)
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2013 – 15 out of 330 (4.5%)
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2012 – 5 out of 245 (2%)
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2011 – 0 out of 255 (0%)
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2010 – 5 out of 230 (2.2%)
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2009 and before – none.
TOTAL for Wales – 45 children
adopted by same-sex couples
since 2010.
Scotland only:
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2013 – 14 children adopted by
same-sex couples out of 489
adoptions (2.9%)
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2012 – 8 out of 495 (1.6%)
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2011 – 1 out of 496 (0.2%)
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2010 – 5 out of 466 (1.1%)
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2009 and before – none.
TOTAL for Scotland – 28 children
adopted by same-sex couples
since 2010.
Northern Ireland
None yet but hopefully we’ll
have some good news soon. The
official legal position in Northern
Ireland is that couples can adopt
and the term ‘couple’ extends to
unmarried couples (including same
sex couples) and those in a civil
partnership.
December 2015
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