The Department for Education has produced a map for potential adopters highlighting the number of children waiting to be adopted in each local authority area in England.

From Friday 11 January 2013, would-be adopters can access a new mapshowing the areas with the highest number of children waiting for new homes.

The map shows the number of children in each local authority waiting for a family to adopt them, showing potential adopters how many children are waiting in their area and elsewhere.

Additional information can be found on our adoption scorecards page.