Adoption: Governments Baby Sale
Tim Loughton (Shadow minister for Children): To ask the Secretary of
State for Children, Schools and Families which local authorities have
received payments from central Government for achieving adoption target
levels; and how much each received in each of the last three years.
[151067]
John Healey: I have been asked to reply.
30 local authorities have been rewarded for successfully achieving
adoption targets in their local public service agreements (LPSA). The
better outcomes and amount of ‘performance reward grant’ (PRG) each has
received over the three years 2004/05 to 2006/07 in relation to their
performance in these targets is set out in the following table. In
addition, 13 local authorities did not achieve the adoption targets in
their local PSA and hence received no PRG for this target. One local
authority is still to make a claim.
Local PSAs—which are negotiated between local authorities and central
Government policy departments, facilitated by the DCLG—have helped to
incentivise local authorities and partners to provide better public
services to their citizens around priorities for improvement locally.
Evaluation shows they have been successful in doing this, with real
benefits in improved outcomes for local people and communities.
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|
Local PSA adoption and placement
targets: payments made to date under local PSAs |
| Local authority |
Amount of ‘reward grant’ paid (£) |
|
Barnsley Metropolitan BC |
210,173.00 |
|
Blackburn with Darwen |
307,367.00 |
|
Bristol City Council |
307,512.00 |
|
Buckinghamshire CC |
526,958.00 |
|
Bromley (LB) |
499,440.00 |
|
Camden (LB) |
318,916.50 |
|
Cheshire County Council |
685,134.00 |
|
Doncaster Metropolitan BC |
578,333.00 |
|
Durham CC |
502,675.00 |
|
Enfield (LB) |
244,963.00 |
|
Essex CC |
2,469,200.00 |
|
Gloucestershire
CC |
612,209.00 |
|
Greenwich (LB) |
580,996.00 |
|
Halton BC |
153,938.00 |
|
Hampshire |
1,675,619.00 |
|
Hounslow (LB) |
165,019.00 |
|
Kensington and Chelsea (LB) |
339,117.00 |
|
Kent County Council |
2,156,583.00 |
|
Lewisham (LB) |
602,854.00 |
|
Liverpool City Council |
347,404.00 |
|
Luton Borough Council |
400,027.00 |
|
Manchester City Council |
984,877.00 |
|
Merton BC |
358,708.00 |
|
Northamptonshire CC |
1,119,115.00 |
|
Sheffield City Council |
1,025,000.00 |
|
Southwark (LB) |
435,242.00 |
|
St. Helens Metropolitan BC |
83,845.00 |
|
Wandsworth (LB) |
387,627.00 |
|
Warwickshire CC |
231,061.00 |
|
York City Council |
203,620.00 |
|
Families
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