1. Which agency/organisation/individual provides counselling/therapeutic support to birth parents following adoption?
Adopt Thames Valley Regional Adoption Agency

2. What is the total amount of government funding provided to the Local authority adoption team per annum?
Birth relative support sits within the Permanence Support side of Adopt Thames Valley. The annual budget for Permanence Support in 2021/22 was £1,361,800

3. From this total amount how much money is allocated to the provision of post adoption counselling/therapeutic support for birth parents?
Adopt Thames Valley has 1.8fte Senior practitioners to provide post adoption counselling/therapeutic support for Birth parents. One full time worker provides this support to birth parents in 6 of the local authorities (including Wokingham) served by Adopt Thames Valley and the other worker provides this support to birth parents in the other local authority served by Adopt Thames Valley. The cost of these posts is £76,705 plus on costs