Children in England are now waiting an average of two years and seven months before being adopted, with the process taking over three years in a quarter of cases.
Latest figures from the Department for Education showed that the total number of adoptions continued to decline, falling to 3,050 in 2010-11.
This represented a decline of 5% on the previous year and was 8% lower than in 2007. At the same time, the number of children in care, most of whom were with temporary foster families, has risen by 9% since 2007 to 65,520, the highest figure since 1987.
Kate from Never Giving Up On You vlogs explain her experience looking in to the adoption process.
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