§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 29 March,Official Report, column 687, where those children aged 16 or 17 years 82W subject to care orders, were discharged to other than those placed with foster parents or become residents in community homes.
§ Mr. BowisThe latest centrally available information relates to the position at 31 March 1992, when of the estimated 6,900 children aged 16 or 17 subject to care orders, 2,900 were in placements other than with foster parents or in community homes. Details of these are shown in the table.
Number of children looked after by local authorities under care orders aged 16 or 17 years by placement at 31 March 1992, England, excluding children in foster placements and community homes Number England—Estimated Total 2,900 In lodgings, living independently of residential employment 1,100 Placed for adoption 30 Placement with parents regulations 1,100 In private registered homes 50 In schools for children with special needs, residential care and other schools and homes 130 In voluntary homes and hostels 170 Remaining placements1 390 1 Remaining placements include: youth treatment centres, mother and baby homes, national health service or other establishments providing medical and/or nursing care, young offender institution or prison establishment, children absent from agreed placement, and placements not specifically categorised. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 for estimates of a thousand or more and to the nearest 10 otherwise.