§ Dr. David Kerrasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children, in each of the last three years, had been admitted to institutional care following a failure to secure their adoption owing 80W to a shortage of families of the appropriate religious affiliation.
§ Dr. David Kerrasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children were in care in Scotland at the latest available date in local authority homes, in denominational homes, in non-denominational homes and placed with foster parents, respectively.
§ Mr. RossThe latest available information relates to 30th November, 1967. On that day there were 1,861 children in care in Scotland in local authority children's homes; 2,115 children in care in denominational children's homes; 349 children in care in non-denominational children's homes; and 6,430 children in care placed with foster parents.