§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 16 February,Official Report, column 766, on what date his Department received copies from other Departments, the Prime Minister's Office and the local government ombudsman of allegations concerning widespread child sexual and physical abuse at north Wales children's homes which were made by a child care officer to the Prime Minister on 17 January 1987, to the Secretary of State for Health dated 29 January 1988, and to the local government ombudsman in late 1986.
§ Mr. RedwoodThe correspondence referred to by the hon. Member concerned allegations of physical abuse at a specific children's home in Gwynedd. It was not until June 1991 that this correspondent made allegations of widespread sexual abuse in children's homes in north Wales. These were already the subject of investigation by the North Wales police.