6Adoption support services: duty to provide information
In Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (the Adoption Service) after section 4A (as inserted by section 5) insert—
“4BAdoption support services: duty to provide information
(1)Except in circumstances prescribed by regulations, a local authority in England must provide the information specified in subsection (2) to—
(a)any person who has contacted the authority to request information about adopting a child,
(b)any person who has informed the authority that he or she wishes to adopt a child,
(c)any person within the authority’s area who the authority are aware is a parent of an adopted child, and
(d)any person within the authority’s area who is a parent of an adopted child and has contacted the authority to request any of the information specified in subsection (2).
(2)The information is—
(a)information about the adoption support services available to people in the authority’s area;
(b)information about the right to request an assessment under section 4 (assessments etc for adoption support services), and the authority’s duties under that section and regulations made under it;
(c)information about the authority’s duties under section 4A (adoption support services: personal budgets) and regulations made under it;
(d)any other information prescribed by regulations.”