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Mr. Dalyell
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many babies were adopted in Scotland, for any convenient periods in the period of 1980 to 1989.
Mr. Michael Forsyth
[holding answer 27 November 1989]: The numbers of children under 12 months old adopted in Scotland in the years 1980 to 1988 are as follows:
| Year | Number |
| 1980 | 379 |
| 1981 | 321 |
| 1982 | 326 |
| 1983 | 291 |
| 1984 | 229 |
| 1985 | 199 |
| 1986 | 160 |
| 1987 | 156 |
| 1988 | 132 |