§ Mr. FishburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list those local authorities that provide care and support for 50 or more unaccompanied refugee children under the provisions of the Children Act 1989; and what financial assistance has been given by central Government to those local authorities since 1990.
§ Mr. BowisInformation about whether children looked after by local authorities have refugee status is not available centrally. Financial assistance totalling £4,197,698 has been given through a Department of the Environment special grant to local authorities caring for unaccompanied refugee children in respect of 1993–94.
§ Mr. FishburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many unaccompanied refugee children were being supported by the royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea(a) on 1 April 1991 and (b) at the latest available date; and by how much the children's services block in the standard spending assessment has increased in the same period.
§ Mr. BowisInformation about whether children looked after by local authorities have refugee status is not available centrally.
In 1990–91, the children's services sub-block of the personal social services standard spending assessment for Kensington and Chelsea was £11.945 million. In 1994–95, following a comprehensive review of the standard spending assessment formulae, and the first full use of data from the 1991 census, the equivalent figure is £11£926 million.