Regulation 15(1)
1. Name, gender, date and place of birth and address including the local authority area.
2. A photograph and physical description.
3. Nationality(1).
4. Racial origin and cultural and linguistic background.
5. Religious persuasion, if any, (including details of baptism, confirmation or equivalent ceremonies).
6. Whether the child is looked after or is provided with accommodation under section 59(1) of the 1989 Act.
7. Details of any order made by a court with respect to the child under the 1989 Act including the name of the court, the order made and the date on which the order was made.
8. Whether the child has any rights to, or interest in, property or any claim to damages under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 or otherwise which he or she stands to retain or lose if adopted.
9. A chronology of the child’s care since birth.
10. An assessment of the child’s personality, social development and emotional and behavioural development.
11. Whether the child has any difficulties with activities such as feeding, washing and dressing him or herself.
12. The educational history of the child including—
(a)the names, addresses and types of nurseries or schools attended with dates;
(b)a summary of progress and attainments;
(c)whether he or she is subject to a statement under the Education Act 1996;
(d)any special needs he or she has in relation to learning; and
(e)where he or she is looked after, details of the personal education plan prepared by the local authority.
13. Information about—
(a)the child’s relationship with —
(i)the child’s parent or guardian and, where regulation 14(2) applies, the child’s father;
(ii)any brothers or sisters or other relatives; and
(iii)any other person the agency considers relevant;
(b)the likelihood of any such relationship continuing and the value to the child of its doing so; and
(c)the ability and willingness of any of the child’s relatives, or any other person the agency considers relevant, to provide the child with a secure environment in which the child can develop, and otherwise to meet the child’s needs.
14. The current arrangements for and the type of contact between the child’s parent or guardian or other person with parental responsibility for the child and, where regulation 14(2) applies, the child’s father, and any relative, friend or other person.
15. A description of the child’s interests, likes and dislikes.
16. Any other relevant information which might assist the adoption panel or the adoption agency.
Regulation 15(2)
1. Name, date of birth, gender, weight and height.
2. A neo-natal report on the child, including—
(a)details of the child’s birth, and any complications;
(b)results of a physical examination and screening tests;
(c)details of any treatment given;
(d)details of any problem in management and feeding;
(e)any other relevant information which may assist the panel;
(f)the name and address of any doctor who may be able to provide further information about any of the above matters.
3. A full health history of the child, including—
(a)details of any serious illness, disability, accident, hospital admission or attendance at an out-patient department, and in each case any treatment given;
(b)details and dates of immunisations;
(c)a physical and developmental assessment according to age, including an assessment of vision and hearing and of neurological, speech and language development and any evidence of emotional disorder;
(d)the school health history (if available);
(e)how the child’s physical and mental health and medical history has affected his or her physical, intellectual, emotional, social or behavioural development;
(f)any other relevant information which may assist the adoption panel.
4. The signature, name, address and telephone number and qualifications of the registered medical practitioner who prepared the report, the date of the report and of the examinations carried out together with the name and address of any other doctor who may be able to provide further information about any of the above matters.
Regulation 16(1)
1. Name, gender, date and place of birth and address including the local authority area.
2. A photograph, if available, and physical description.
3. Nationality(2).
4. Racial origin and cultural and linguistic background.
5. Religious persuasion, if any.
6. A description of their personality and interests.
7. Name, gender and date and place of birth.
8. A photograph, if available, and physical description.
9. Nationality(3).
10. Address, if appropriate.
11. If any brother or sister is under the age of 18—
(a)where and with whom he or she is living;
(b)whether he or she is looked after or is provided with accommodation under section 59(1) of the 1989 Act;
(c)details of any court order made with respect to him or her under the 1989 Act, including the name of the court, the order made, and the date on which the order was made; and
(d)whether he or she is also being considered for adoption.
12. Name, gender and date and place of birth.
13. Nationality(4).
14. Address, if appropriate.
15. Whether the child’s parents were married to each other at the time of the child’s birth (or have subsequently married) and if so, the date and place of marriage and whether they are divorced or separated.
16. Where the child’s parents were not married to each other at the time of the birth, whether the father has parental responsibility for the child and if so how it was acquired.
17. If the identity or whereabouts of the child’s father are not known, the information about him that has been ascertained and from whom, and the steps that have been taken to establish paternity.
18. Where the child’s parents have been previously married or formed a civil partnership, the date of the marriage or, as the case may be, the date and place of registration of the civil partnership.
19. So far as is possible, a family tree with details of the child’s grandparents, parents and aunts and uncles with their age (or ages at death).
20. Where it is reasonably practicable, a chronology of each of the child’s parents from birth.
21. The observations of the child’s parents about their own experiences of being parented and of how this has influenced them.
22. The past and present relationship of the child’s parents.
23. Details of the wider family and their role and importance to—
(a)the child’s parents; and
(b)any brothers or sisters of the child.
24. Information about their home and the neighbourhood in which they live.
25. Details of their educational history.
26. Details of their employment history.
27. Information about the parenting capacity of the child’s mother and father, particularly their ability and willingness to parent the child.
28. Any other relevant information which might assist the adoption panel or the adoption agency.
Regulation 16(1)
1.—(a) Name, gender and date and place of birth.
(b)Nationality(5).
(c)Address and telephone number.
2. Their past and present relationship with the child.
3. Religion.
4. Any other relevant information which the agency considers may assist the adoption panel.
Regulation 16(2)
1. Name, date of birth, gender, weight and height of each natural parent.
2. A family health history, covering each of the child’s natural parents, the child’s brothers and sisters (if any) and the other children (if any) of each parent with details of any serious physical or mental illness and any hereditary disease or disorder.
3. A health history of each of the child’s natural parents, including details of any serious physical or mental illness, drug or alcohol misuse, disability, accident or hospital admission and in each case any treatment given where the agency consider such information to be relevant.
4. A summary of the mother’s obstetric history, including any problems in the ante-natal, labour and post-natal periods, with the results of any tests carried out during or immediately after pregnancy.
5. Details of any present illness, including treatment and prognosis.
6. Any other relevant information which the agency considers may assist the panel.
7. The signature, name, address, telephone number and qualifications of any registered medical practitioner who supplied any of the information in this Part together with the name and address of any other doctor who may be able to provide further information about any of the above matters.
No distinction is drawn in this context between the different parts of the UK.
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No distinction is drawn in this context between the different parts of the U.K.
See (1) above.
No distinction is drawn in this context between the different parts of the U.K.