Question reference: S6W-10585
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 25 August 2022
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Current status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 22 September 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how long the process for a family to adopt a child in Scotland should normally take.
Answer
There are no prescribed timescales within regulations in Scotland for the adoption process to be completed.
Where adoption is the right route for a child or young person, the Scottish Government want this to happen as swiftly as possible. However, we recognise that the process is complex and involves multi agency working to ensure the welfare and safeguarding of the child. No two cases will be the same and the circumstances of each child need to inform the approach taken, within the context of the Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) approach.