Local Authority Child Care

HC Deb 16 April 1991 vol 189 cc159-60W

Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children in Scotland were received into local authority care where the specific cause was family homelessness, in every year since 1979 until the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The numbers of children admitted into care primarily because of family homelessness were as follows:

	Number
1979	167
1980	165
1981	241

	Number
1982	320
1983	222
1984	213
1985	41
1986	26
1987	21
1988	18
1989	7
Footnote:
1 excludes Glasgow
2 excludes Strathclyde
3 excludes Glasgow, Ayr and Lanark.