Page 725 - Week 02 - Thursday, 16 February 2017
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video
relationship with the adoptive parent(s) and who are generally not able to be adopted by anyone other than the adoptive parent(s). These types of adoptions are broken down into the following categories, depending on the child’s relationship to the adoptive parent(s): step-parent, relative(s), carer and other.
local adoption: An adoption of a child/children born or permanently residing in Australia before the adoption who are legally able to be placed for adoption but who generally have had no previous contact or relationship with the adoptive parent(s).
(2) Disaggregate data is not available for 2009-10 and 2010-11.
|
Year |
Local |
Known | ||||
|
Step parent |
Kinship carer |
Foster carer |
Permanent carer |
TOTAL | ||
|
2011-12 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
2012-13 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
2013-14 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
|
2014-15 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
|
2015-16 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
(3)
(a) 2009-10: 6
(b) 2010-11: 7
(c) 2011-12: 6
(d) 2012-13: 4
(e) 2013-14: 10
(f) 2014-15: 2
(g) 2015-16: 1
(4) This data is not collected as the commencement of an adoption process is specific to the way the adoption comes about (e.g local adoption, step parent adoption, permanent care or intercountry adoption). For some cases the commencement of the process will be when the child or young person first enters care, for others it will be when a child or young person meets the criteria for permanency to be considered and for others the adoption process commences when their file has been sent to the receiving country and is awaiting the allocation of a child or young person. These are just some examples of how the adoption process commences. There is no agreed methodology to determine when an adoption process has commenced and therefore this data cannot be collected.
(5) In the 2015-16 financial year there were 46 information packs sent to members of the community following adoption and permanent care enquiries with the ACT Government. This included enquiries regarding step-parent adoption, local adoption, intercountry adoption and permanent care.
Children and young people—notifications
(Question No 59)
Mrs Kikkert asked the Minister for Disability, Children and Youth, upon notice, on 16 December 2016:
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video