A review

Funded by the Department of Education, this project was developed in association with the Andrew and Virginia Rudd Centre for Adoption Research and Practice and was undertaken in collaboration with a co-investigator at the University of Lancaster.

Research utilised file analysis and evidence from local authorities and judicial cases to examine cases in which children were put into care and placed for adoption without the consent of their birth parents. The findings - published in October 2012 - contributed to policy and practice development in children's services and family law in England - which were reformed by the Children and Families Bill 2013.

To find out more, contact Barry Luckock: 
E b.a.luckock@sussex.ac.uk