You asked
Please provide the percentage of applicants who have been turned down to adopt in the UK since 2016.
Please provide statistics illustrating reason for rejection and stage of the adoption process.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We do not hold data on adoptions. Statistics on adoptions are available from the Department of Education for England and can be contacted at cla.stats@education.gov.uk and the equivalent departments of the Devolved Administrations.