§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children in care where in the custody of each of the Scottish local authorities in the years 1969, 1970 and 1971.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe information for Scotland is as follows:
Numbers of children in care of local authorities at dates shown 30th November 1969 10,797 31st December 1970 11,008 31st December 1971 14,766 Since the information for each local authority involves a lengthy table I am sending it to the hon. Member and placing copies in the Library.