Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

July 5, 2021 Dear Marie Paulo, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 01 July 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You requested the following information. Adoption data for the years 2018, 2019, and 2020: Total number of domestic adoptions Number of adoptions of a child who is an orphan Number of adoptions of a child whose parents are unknown Number of adoptions of a child whose parents have relinquished them/consented to their adoption Number of adoptions of a child whose parents have had their parental responsibility terminated Number of adoptions by relatives Number of adoptions by married opposite-sex couples Number of adoptions by a single woman Number of adoptions by a single man Number of adoptions of adults Response to your request We are currently processing your request. We shall send it to the e-mail address you provided once we have received the response from the office responsible. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary ROLANDO JOSELITO D. BAUTISTA at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Paul Anthony A. Tacorda FOI Decision Maker

July 14, 2021 Dear Marie Paulo, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated 01 July 2021 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request Request for the following data for the years 2018, 2019, and 2020: Total number of domestic adoptions Number of adoptions of a child who is an orphan Number of adoptions of a child whose parents are unknown Number of adoptions of a child whose parents have relinquished them/consented to their adoption Number of adoptions of a child whose parents have had their parental responsibility terminated Number of adoptions by relatives Number of adoptions by married opposite-sex couples Number of adoptions by a single woman Number of adoptions by a single man Number of adoptions of adults Response to your request Your FOI request was approved as we explained in the previous communication. We have sent the partial requested information to the e-mail address you have provided. Further responses will be sent to your e-mail address directly. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Paul Anthony A. Tacorda FOI Decision Maker