§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of children being kept in institutions in this country whose parents are not normally resident in the United Kingdom and whose fathers, although able bodied, do not contribute to the cost of such children; what is the aggregate cost to the taxpayers of this country for keeping such children; and whether he will consider deporting such families if the father continues to refuse to work after being warned.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI regret that the information asked for in the first and second parts of the Question is not available. The question of deportation would not arise except in the case of an alien. When deportation is under consideration, work record and the discharge of family responsibilities are among the factors taken into account.