United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 8475
Adoption
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9 June 2026
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17 June 2026 · Answer
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17 June 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue a formal apology to those affected by historic forced adoptions in England; and if she will set out a timetable for making such an apology.
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9 June 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue a formal apology to those affected by historic forced adoptions in England; and if she will set out a timetable for making such an apology.
Source: Commons
17 June 2026
Answer
The government recognises that historical forced adoption practices caused deep and lasting harm to many mothers, adoptees and families, and we take those experiences extremely seriously.We accept that the state played a role in what happened, and the cas...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-09/8475
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1914409
- uk · wq-1914409 · source updated 17 June 2026