evidence: The Department of Health has today published the ‘Children Adopted from Care in Northern Ireland 2017/18’. This bulletin details statistical information relating to children adopted from care during the year ending 31 March 2018. The tables within the bulletin present a range of information about these children and their adopters, including durations between different stages in the adoption process. The bulletin is based on the DoH statistical return AD1 2017/18, which was collected from each of the five Health and Social Care Trusts. Key Findings - Eighty–four children were adopted fro care in Northern Ireland during the year ending 31 March 2018 ;