❓ Dr. Constable asks about delays in adoption assessments by the Department of Community Development and their impact on prospective parents adopting from China. The answer provides adoption statistics and confirms no parents became ineligible due to age while awaiting assessment in 2006, but does not directly answer the first question.
AnsweredQoN 1501Legislative Assembly
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(1) In 2006, how many prospective adoptive parents were unable to send their files to China because they were still waiting to be assessed as applicants by the Department of Community Development?
(2) In 2006, how many prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed as applicants by the Department of Community Development?
(2) In 2006, how many prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed as applicants by the Department of Community Development?
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Answered
19 October 2006
Responded by
Minister for Community Development
Response time
29 days
The number of children adopted from China in recent years to WA has been: Year Number of adoption orders for China adoptions 2002/03 4 2003/04 10 2004/05 14 2005/06 15 It is important to note that where a home study file has been in China for more than 12 months and a child has not yet been offered, China requires that the applicants' files are updated with new medical and police clearances and confirmation that nothing significant has altered in the applicant household's circumstances. This enables the authorities in China to be confident that the applicant's assessment remains current. (2) No prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt in 2006 because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed.
Year Number of adoption orders for China adoptions 2002/03 4 2003/04 10 2004/05 14 2005/06 15 It is important to note that where a home study file has been in China for more than 12 months and a child has not yet been offered, China requires that the applicants' files are updated with new medical and police clearances and confirmation that nothing significant has altered in the applicant household's circumstances. This enables the authorities in China to be confident that the applicant's assessment remains current. (2) No prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt in 2006 because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed.
It is important to note that where a home study file has been in China for more than 12 months and a child has not yet been offered, China requires that the applicants' files are updated with new medical and police clearances and confirmation that nothing significant has altered in the applicant household's circumstances. This enables the authorities in China to be confident that the applicant's assessment remains current. (2) No prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt in 2006 because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed.
It is important to note that where a home study file has been in China for more than 12 months and a child has not yet been offered, China requires that the applicants' files are updated with new medical and police clearances and confirmation that nothing significant has altered in the applicant household's circumstances. This enables the authorities in China to be confident that the applicant's assessment remains current. (2) No prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt in 2006 because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed.
It is important to note that where a home study file has been in China for more than 12 months and a child has not yet been offered, China requires that the applicants' files are updated with new medical and police clearances and confirmation that nothing significant has altered in the applicant household's circumstances. This enables the authorities in China to be confident that the applicant's assessment remains current. (2) No prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt in 2006 because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed.
(2) No prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt in 2006 because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed.
Year Number of adoption orders for China adoptions 2002/03 4 2003/04 10 2004/05 14 2005/06 15 It is important to note that where a home study file has been in China for more than 12 months and a child has not yet been offered, China requires that the applicants' files are updated with new medical and police clearances and confirmation that nothing significant has altered in the applicant household's circumstances. This enables the authorities in China to be confident that the applicant's assessment remains current. (2) No prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt in 2006 because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed.
It is important to note that where a home study file has been in China for more than 12 months and a child has not yet been offered, China requires that the applicants' files are updated with new medical and police clearances and confirmation that nothing significant has altered in the applicant household's circumstances. This enables the authorities in China to be confident that the applicant's assessment remains current. (2) No prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt in 2006 because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed.
It is important to note that where a home study file has been in China for more than 12 months and a child has not yet been offered, China requires that the applicants' files are updated with new medical and police clearances and confirmation that nothing significant has altered in the applicant household's circumstances. This enables the authorities in China to be confident that the applicant's assessment remains current. (2) No prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt in 2006 because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed.
It is important to note that where a home study file has been in China for more than 12 months and a child has not yet been offered, China requires that the applicants' files are updated with new medical and police clearances and confirmation that nothing significant has altered in the applicant household's circumstances. This enables the authorities in China to be confident that the applicant's assessment remains current. (2) No prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt in 2006 because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed.
(2) No prospective adoptive parents became ineligible to adopt in 2006 because of age criteria while waiting to be assessed.
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