§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average cost to a local authority each year to keep a child in residential care.
§ Mr. BowisThe centrally held national information is the direct revenue cost, net of related income, of keeping a child in a community home or registered voluntary home, excluding the cost of field social work support, central administration etc. This was £29,016 per year for the year ended 31 March 1991.