§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she has available on the proportion of social services department budgets in each English local authority devoted to child care and associated services; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. BowisInformation provided by local authorities for 1993–94 is shown in the table.
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Percentage of Social Services Budgets allocated to Children's services in 1993–94 Children services (£000s) All services (£000s) Per cent. Avon 29,658 103,297 28.7 Bedfordshire 16,094 52,773 30.5 Berkshire 27,063 78,187 34.6 Buckinghamshire 12,147 59,092 20.6 Cambridgeshire 16,147 61,811 26.1 Cheshire 28,071 86,152 32.6 Cleveland 19,853 65,754 30.2 Cornwall 7,818 44,535 17.6 Cumbria 11,077 47,134 23.5 Derbyshire 30,428 101,876 29.9 Devon 27,417 101,634 27.0 Dorset 7,550 54,657 13.8 Durham 9,506 56,659 16.8 East Sussex 21,487 88,643 24.2 Essex 24,844 135,032 18.4 Gloucestershire 12,013 47,080 25.5 Hampshire 32,895 123,865 26.6 Hereford and Worcester 18,982 62,829 30.2 Hertfordshire 24,601 95,086 25.9 Humberside 26,241 98,180 26.7 Isle of Wight 3,788 13,390 28.3 Kent 52,564 158,253 33.2 Lancashire 44,264 159,021 27.8 Leicestershire 26,727 84,245 31.7 Lincolnshire 13,148 48,761 27.0 Norfolk 9,129 48,219 18.9 Northamptonshire 20,533 56,723 36.2 Northumberland 10,980 31,860 34.5 North Yorkshire 13,483 60,648 22.2 Nottinghamshire 36,322 118,701 30.6 Oxfordshire 16,263 55,688 29.2 Shropshire 11,811 38,168 30.9 Somerset 11,088 42,350 26.2 Staffordshire 26,800 92,254 29.1 Suffolk 11,532 57,687 20.0 320W
Children services (£000s) All services (£000s) Per cent. Surrey 20,268 87,676 23.1 Warwickshire 11,631 40,986 28.4 West Sussex 15,253 67,361 22.6 Wiltshire 14,618 49,870 29.3 Isles of Scilly 3 160 1.9 Bolton 9,262 32,450 28.5 Bury 4,817 18,598 25.9 Manchester 26,939 72,424 37.2 Oldham 8,670 26,796 32.4 Rochdale 7,779 26,952 28.9 Salford 8,472 34,618 24.5 Stockport 5,858 32,382 18.1 Tameside 10,365 27,112 38.2 Trafford 6,418 23,068 27.8 Wigan 7,180 27,594 26.0 Knowsley 7,830 19,532 40.1 Liverpool 29,511 88,343 33.4 St. Helens 6,162 19,784 31.1 Sefton 9,092 34,919 26.0 Wirral 10,503 42,571 24.7 Barnsley 8,203 22,982 35.7 Doncaster 5,333 29,196 18.3 Rotherham 5,467 29,907 18.3 Sheffield 15,049 69,179 21.8 Gateshead 7,147 26,430 27.0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 10,397 42,485 24.5 North Tyneside 8,457 26,475 31.9 South Tyneside 6,106 19,056 32.0 Sunderland 11,234 34,334 32.7 Birmingham 50,408 159,420 31.6 Coventry 11,640 42,807 27.2 Dudley 6,579 26,998 24.4 Sandwell 10,905 40,664 26.8 Solihull 7,094 21,293 33.3 Walsall 7,027 25,916 27.1 Wolverhampton 12,336 36,963 33.4 Bradford 20,538 61,877 33.2 Calderdale 6,120 25,572 23.9 Kirklees 12,010 43,385 27.7 Leeds 23,697 91,986 25.8 Wakefield 11,499 34,059 33.8 City of London 638 3,399 18.8 Camden 16,253 48,770 33.3 Greenwich 20,653 43,852 47.1 Hackney 26,271 64,213 40.9 Hammersmith and Fulham 17,014 43,613 39.0 Islington 14,012 50,189 27.9 Kensington and Chelsea 16,001 37,089 43.1 Lambeth 37,501 86,431 43.4 Lewisham 16,502 51,256 32.2 Southwark 26,499 60,343 43.9 Tower Hamlets 18,381 51,193 35.9 Wandsworth 26,780 67,315 39.8 Westminster 23,413 57,081 41.0 Barking and Dagenham 6,645 21,852 30.4 Barnet 9,820 41,323 23.8 Bexley 5,576 20,473 27.2 Brent 15,609 41,528 37.6 Bromley 9,583 31,469 30.5 Croydon 18,327 47,523 38.6 Ealing 13,410 43,654 30.7 Enfield 8,209 34,877 23.5 Haringey 19,208 42,937 44.7 Harrow 5,975 23,473 25.5 Havering 7,336 26,588 27.6 Hillingdon 7,317 28,622 25.6 Hounslow 13,344 34,832 38.3 Kingston upon Thames 6,068 18,247 33.3 Merton 7,496 24,981 30.0 Newham 19,573 50,441 38.8 Redbridge 8,210 27,906 29.4
Children services (£000s) All services (£000s) Per cent. Richmond upon Thames 3,765 19,117 19.7 Sutton 6,611 21,435 30.8 Waltham Forest 13,038 43,894 29.7 Note: Figures relate only to direct service provision. Planned expenditure on strategic matters and regulation is excluded.
Source: Local Authority budget returns (form RA93/94).
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to ensure that housing needs identified under the provisions of the Children Act 1989 are being met by local authorities; and if she will make a statement.
Mr. BowlsUnder the Children Act 1989, local authorities have a duty, in prescribed circumstances, to provide accommodation for children and young people.