§ Mr. Denzil DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has of how many children were in care in the area of the Llanelli borough council at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettInformation is held centrally only on the numbers of children in care by county area. There were 275 children in care in Dyfed on 31 March 1990.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children were in local authority care in Wales at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThere were 3,278 children in local authority care in Wales on 31 March 1990.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children in local authority care in Wales at the latest available date were in(a) residential care and (b) under the care of foster parents.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThere were 585 children in local authority care in residential accommodation on 31 March 1990. Of these, 569 were in local authority community homes and the remaining 16 in registered voluntary homes and hostels.
There were 1,994 children in local authority care with foster parents on 31 March 1990.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many children were in care in(a) Dyfed, (b) West Glamorgan and (c) Mid-Glamorgan at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThere were 275 children in care in Dyfed, 365 in West Glamorgan and 757 in Mid Glamorgan on 31 March 1990.
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§ Mr. Denzil DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total cost of fostering children in Wales in the last three available years.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettExpenditure by local authorities on boarded-out children in care in Wales since 1987–88 is given in the following table:
Net current expenditure £ million1 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 5.4 5.9 6.8 1 Expenditure on employees and running expenses net of sales, fees, charges and other local income, but gross of relevant specific grants.