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# Record adoptions by same-sex couples in Scotland
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/record-adoptions-by-same-sex-couples-in-scotland/
- Published: 2017-08-23T16:27:17.000Z
- Updated: 2017-08-23T16:27:17.000Z
- Description: New figures published by National Records Scotland, show that adoptions by same-sex couples accounted for 5.7 per cent – or 1 in 18 – of all adoptions in Scotland in 2016. This was a rise from 4.4 per cent in 2015. These figures show that adoptions by same-sex couples in Scotland are at their highes
- Author: Gary Hart
- Tags: In The South, News, New Family Social

## Ninety seven same-sex couples have adopted in Scotland since records began.

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**New figures published** by National Records Scotland, show that adoptions by same-sex couples accounted for 5.7 per cent – or 1 in 18 – of all adoptions in Scotland in 2016.

This was a rise from 4.4 per cent in 2015\. These figures show that adoptions by same-sex couples in Scotland are at their highest ever number of all adoptions in a year. The total number of adoptions in 2016 in Scotland by same-sex couples rose to 30, increasing from 22 the previous year.

Across Britain the total number of adoptions by same-sex couples stands at 2,347 – 2,140 in England, 97 in Scotland and 110 in Wales.

[![Tor Docherty](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/web-200-11.jpg)](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/gscene-com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/web-200-11.jpg)

Tor Docherty

**Welcoming the news, Tor Docherty, Chief Executive of New Family Social, said:** *“It’s fantastic to see the number of same-sex couples adopting increase in Scotland. This means that social workers are considering a wider pool of potential parents for vulnerable children. In every adoption case the child’s needs are paramount and LGBT people can bring a wide parenting skillset to meet those needs.”*

**To read the full statistics for adoptions in Scotland on the National Records website, [click here: ](https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/general-publications/vital-events-reference-tables/2016/section-2-adoptions-and-re-registrations?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**and download (Table 2.03).