§ Mr. Chris Smithasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what are the figures for the number of children who came into local authority care between 1 April 1982 and 31 March 1983, and between 1 April 1983 and 31 March 1984, because their families were homeless; and if he will give this information for England as a whole, Greater London, the metropolitan authorities, excluding London, the non-metropolitan authorities, and for each English local authority area;
(2) what are the latest available figures for the number of children in local authority care because their families 501W are homeless; and if he will give this information for England as a whole, Greater London, the metropolitan authorities excluding London, non-metropolitan authorities and for each English local authority area.
§ Mr. John PattenA child may be taken into care for a number of reasons, of which homelessness may be a contributory factor but is not identified as a specific cause. Given in the tables is information relating to the period between 1 April 1982 and 31 March 1983 and where available for the period 1 April 1983 to 31 March 1984, for the numbers of children in care, and the numbers of children who came into care where the specific cause was that their family had been made homeless. Figures have been given for each local authority, each metropolitan authority, Greater London and England.
Information given in table 1 relates to 31 March 1983 unless otherwise indicated.
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Table 1 Children in Care Non-Metropolitan Counties 403 Cleveland (1984) 4 Cumbria (1984) 6 Durham (1984) 12 Northumberland (1984) 4 Humberside 16 North Yorkshire 7 Cheshire (1984) 16 Lancashire (1984) 21 Hereford and Worcester (1984) 7 Shropshire (1984) 15 Staffordshire (1984) 21 Warwickshire 8 Derbyshire (1984) 2 Leicestershire 4 Lincolnshire (1984) 5 Northamptonshire 10 Nottinghamshire 11 Bedfordshire 16 Berkshire (1984) 4 Buckinghamshire 4 Cambridgeshire 5 Essex (1984) 15 Hertfordshire 13 Norfolk (1984) 2 Oxfordshire 6 Suffolk 9 Dorset 15 Hampshire 52 Isle of Wight (1984) 1 Kent 13 Surrey 6 East Sussex 10 West Sussex (1984) 8 Wiltshire (1984) 13 Avon (1984) 12 Cornwall 0 Devon 21 Gloucestershire (1984) 5 Isles of Scilly 0 Somerset (1984) 4 Greater London 95 Camden 0 Greenwich 2 Hackney (1984) 5 Hammersmith (1984) 7 Islington (1979) 0 Kensington 11 Lambeth (1984) 2 Lewisham 2 503W
Table 1 Children in Care Southwark (1984) 2 Tower Hamlets 24 Wandsworth (1984) 5 Westminster (1984) 4 City of London (1984) 0 Barking (1984) 2 Barnet (1984) 0 Bexley (1984) 2 Brent 4 Bromley 5 Croydon 1 Ealing (1984) 5 Enfield 0 Haringey 6 Harrow (1984) 1 Havering (1984) 0 Hillingdon 0 Hounslow (1984) 2 Kingston-upon-Thames (1984) 0 Merton (1984) 0 Newham (1984) 0 Redbridge 1 Richmond-upon-Thames (1984) 0 Sutton (1984) 2 Waltham Forest 0 Greater Manchester Metropolitan County 48 Bolton 2 Bury 2 Manchester 12 Oldham (1984) 0 Rochdale (1984) 5 Salford (1984) 8 Stockport (1982) 9 Tameside 0 Trafford 4 Wigan (1984) 6 West Yorkshire Metropolitan County 51 Bradford (1984) 23 Calderdale (1984) 2 Kirklees 11 Leeds 3 Wakefield (1984) 12 West Midlands Metropolitan County 32 Birmingham 4 Coventry (1984) 11 Dudley (1984) 6 Sandwell 1 Solihull 0 Walsall (1984) 6 Wolverhampton (1984) 4 Merseyside Metropolitan County 45 Knowsley (1984) 4 Liverpool (1984) 25 Sefton 7 St. Helens (1984) 5 Wirral 4 Metropolitan County Tyne and Wear 33 Gateshead (1984) 3 Newcastle upon Tyne (1984) 11 North Tyneside (1984) 7 South Tyneside (1984) 8 Sunderland 4
Table 1 Children in Care Metropolitan County South Yorkshire 33 Barnsley 11 Doncaster (1984) 3 Rotherham (1984) 2 Sheffield 17 England 740 504W
Table 2—Children who come into care Non-Metropolitan Counties 1 April 1982 to 31 March 1983 1 April 1983 to 31 March 1984 Cleveland 7 — Cumbria 10 — Durham 4 4 Northumberland 1 6 Humberside 7 * North Yorkshire 8 * Cheshire 5 5 Lancashire 18 11 Hereford and Worcester 2 — Shropshire 6 2 Staffordshire 13 6 Warwickshire 4 * Derbyshire 13 — Leicestershire 2 * Lincolnshire 6 4 Northamptonshire 10 * Nottinghamshire 7 * Bedfordshire — * Berkshire 8 3 Buckinghamshire 5 * Cambridgeshire 1 * Essex 4 4 Hertfordshire 5 * Norfolk 1 3 Oxfordshire 3 * Suffolk 2 * Dorset — * Hampshire 8 * Isle of Wight 2 1 Kent 3 * Surrey 7 * East Sussex 4 * West Sussex 2 — Wiltshire 8 — Avon 10 8 Cornwall — * Devon 9 * Gloucestershire 7 2 Isles of Scilly — * Somerset 2 — Greater London 20 * Camden 2 * Greenwich — * Hackney — — Hammersmith 1 2 Islington (1979) 2 * Kensington — * Lambeth — — Lewisham — * Southwark — 2 Tower Hamlets (1980) 1 * Wandsworth (1981) 4 4 Westminster — — City of London — — Barking — 2 Barnet — — Bexley 1 2 Brent — * 505W
Non-Metropolitan Counties 1 April 1982 to 31 March 1983 1 April 1983 to 31 March 1984 Bromley 2 * Croydon — * Ealing — — Enfield — * Haringey — * Harrow 1 — Havering — — Hillingdom — * Houslow — 1 Kingston-upon-Thames 1 1 Merton — — Newham 1 * Redbridge 2 * Richmond-upon-Thames — — Sutton 1 3 Waltham Forest 1 * Greater Manchester Metropolitan County 21 * Bolton — * Bury — * Manchester 9 * Oldham 1 — Rochdale — 1 Salford 6 5 Stockport (1982) 5 * Tameside — * Trafford — * Wigan — — West Yorkshire Metropolitan County 33 * Bradford 11 18 Calderdale 5 1 Kirklees 6 — Leeds 9 — Wakefield 2 2 West Midlands Metropolitan County 20 * Birmingham 10 * Coventry 4 6 Dudley — — Sandwell 1 * Solihull 1 * Walsall 3 4 Wolverhampton 1 2 Merseyside Metropolitan County 21 * Knowsley — 4 Liverpool 14 2 Sefton 5 * St. Helens 2 4 Wirral — * Metropolitan County Tyne and Wear 21 * Gateshead 8 13 Newcastle upon Tyne 8 11 North Tyneside 3 — South Tyneside — 3 Sunderland 2 *
Non-Metropolitan Counties 1 April 1982 to 31 March 1983 1 April 1983 to 31 March 1984 Metropolitan County South Yorkshire 6 * Barnsley 1 * Doncaster 3 3 Rotherham — 1 Sheffield 2 * England 356 * * Figures not yet available centrally.