| The Government has announced a package of measures offering more support to potential adopters and speeding up the process of matching children with families. Measures include: ensuring more paid leave for people adopting and the right to time off work to meet children before they move in; launching a helpline manned by people with first-hand experience of adopting. |
| Source: Department for Education press release 24 December 2012 |
| Further information: An action plan for adoption: tackling delay (PDF version) |
