§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will list in the Official Report those local authorities which are using their powers to remunerate child minders for the care 525W of children under 5 in need during the day time and the amounts being spent.
§ Dr. OwenAt 31st March 1974, the most recent date for which figures are available, the authorities listed below placed priority children with child minders. I regret that the figures relating to expenditure are not available.
- East Riding CC
- Doncaster CB
- Sheffield CB
- Bury CB
- Staffordshire CC
- Warwickshire CC
- Dudley CB
- Worcester CB
- Leicestershire CC
- Northamptonshire CC
- Bedfordshire CC
- Buckinghamshire CC
- Hertfordshire CC
- Huntingdonshire and Peterborough CC
- Norfolk CC
- Oxfordshire CC
- West Suffolk CC
- Norwich CB
- Southend-on-Sea CB
- Camden LB
- Greenwich LB
- Hackney LB
- Kensington and Chelsea LB
- Lewisham LB
- Southwark LB
- Bexley LB
- Bromley LB
- Croydon LB
- Enfield LB
Type of Fraud 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Earnings … 4,794 6,034 6,359 7,655 8,165 Undisclosed income or capital … 866 937 834 859 703 Fictitious desertion … 373 350 286 252 252 Cohabitation … 1,012 1,157 1,199 1,191 1,022 Other offences … 953 733 765 950 945 Total … 7,998 9,211 9,443 10,907 11,087 * ‡ 2,565* 2,335* 2,503* 2,667* Grand Total … 7,998† 11,776 11,778 13,410 13,754 * Additional cases disposed of by local managers where the category of fraud is not recorded. † Excluding locally closed cases. ‡ Not recorded.