Adoption
There were 67,050 children in local authority care in England on March 31st 2012. 50,260 (75 percent) were in foster care placements. 3, 450 looked after children were adopted in 2012.
There were 2,606 children in local authority care in Northern Ireland on 31st March 2010. 60 looked after children were adopted in the year to March 2012.
There were 5276 children in local authority care in Wales on 31st March 2012. 245 children were adopted during the year to March 2012.
There were 16,171 children in local authority care in Scotland on 31st July 2011. 466 adoptions took place in 2010.
Source: www.adoptionuk.org