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Number of children adopted from care in England drops for fifth year running PA 10 December 2020, 2:38 pm The number of children adopted from care in England has fallen for the fifth year running as numbers of looked-after children continue to rise, new figures show. There were 3,440 children adopted from care in 2019-20 – down more than a third in five years, the Department for Education (DfE) said. This is a fall of 4% from 3,590 children adopted from care over the previous year and follows a peak in 2015, when 5,360 looked-after children were adopted. The figures show that the number of children in care has continued to rise. ....