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Rejected petition: Stringent Checks on ALL adopting Parents (Tighter Regulations)

Rejected on

Strengthen adoption laws by requiring enhanced background checks, mental health assessments, financial checks, medical reviews, regular social worker visits after adoption, and monitoring of substance misuse to improve child safeguarding and welfare

Enhanced Background and Digital Screening
Post Adoption Welfare Monitoring
Independent Psychological Assessments
Review Adoptive Parents Medical Record
Financial Suitability Assessment
Citizenship Requirement
Post Adoption Subsatance Abuse Monitoring


Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We are not clear on how the action you are seeking is different to what is already in place:
https://www.gov.uk/child-adoption/adoption-assessment

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.