evidence: The Department of Health has today published the "Children Adopted from Care in Northern Ireland 2019/20". [...] Key Findings - One-hundred-and-eleven children were adopted from care in Northern Ireland during the year ending 31 March 2020; [...] - For children adopted in 2019/20, the average duration from the HSC Trust proposal that adoption was in the best interest for the child (the Looked After Child Best Interest Proposal) to the Adoption Order was 2 years 3 months, the same as in 2018/19;