Statistics
Every year, the Be My Parent family-finding service helps hundreds of children find permanent families.
Detailed placement statistics for the last four years
BMP placement statistics 2007-08 (131 KB) BMP placement statistics 2006-07 (61 KB) BMP placement statistics 2005-06 (1.2 MB) BMP placement statistics 2004-05 (625 KB)
Breakdown of children placed via Be My Parent between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2008
Children
In the year 2007–08 Be My Parent helped 133 children find new adoptive or permanent foster families. 121 children were placed with 78 adoptive families and 12 children were placed with 8 permanent foster families.
Single children
Of the 53 single children placed using Be My Parent:
Age:
5 were aged 0–1
22 were aged 1–2
18 were aged 3–5
7 were aged 6–10
1 was aged 11–16
Ethnicity:
27 were white
6 were African or African-Caribbean
1 was Asian
10 were African or African-Caribbean and white
3 were Asian and white
6 were other ethnicities
Groups of brothers and sisters
Of the 80 children belonging to sibling groups placed using Be My Parent, there were 23 sibling groups of two children, 10 sibling groups of three children and 1 sibling group of four children.
Ethnicity:
55 were white
0 were African or African-Caribbean
2 were Asian
8 were African or African-Caribbean and white
8 were Asian and white
7 were other ethnicities
Families
86 adoptive and permanent foster families were matched with 133 children through Be My Parent in 2007–08. Of these, 25 were from a black minority ethnic background.
Adoptive families
Ethnicity
Of the 78 families found, 53 were white British or European and 20 were from a minority ethnic background, 5 details were unknown to Be My Parent.
Of these:
5 were black African or Caribbean
4 were mixed black African or Caribbean and white
2 were Asian
2 were mixed Asian and white
7 were of other ethnicities
Status and living arrangements
57 were married
5 were living in a partnership
12 were single
4 were living in a same-sex partnership
Approval by agency
21 were approved by a local authority
33 were approved by a voluntary agency
6 were not approved at the time of the initial enquiry
18 details were unknown to Be My Parent
Permanent foster families
Ethnicity
Of the 8 permanent foster families, 3 were white British or European and 5 were from a black minority ethnic background.
Of these:
1 was black African or Caribbean
3 were mixed black African or Caribbean and white
1 was of other ethnicity
Status and living arrangements
4 were married
2 were living in a partnership
2 were single
Approval by agency
0 were approved by local authority
1 was approved by a voluntary agency
7 were approved by an independent fostering agency
Other information
4 children with a learning of physical disability were placed with an adoptive or permanent foster family including one child with cerebral palsy.
Last updated: 22 May 08
