HC Deb 22 January 2001 vol 361 cc435-6W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were on the Social Services Department's at risk list in each London borough council as at 1 January; and if he will make a statement. [146119]

Mr. Hutton

The number of children on the child protection register of each London Borough Council as at 31 March 2000 is shown in the table.

London borough Number of children as at 31 March 2000
Barking and Dagenham 110
Barnet 181
Bexley 137
Brent 112
Bromley 172
Camden 179
City of London 1
Croydon 294
Ealing 84
Enfield 101
Greenwich 255
Hackney 263
Hammersmith and Fulham 153
Haringey 226
Harrow 148
Havering 106
Hillingdon 129
Hounslow 214
Islington 221
Kensington and Chelsea 70
Kingston upon Thames 37
Lambeth 212

London borough Number of children as at 31 March 2000
Lewisham 217
Merton 87
Newham 223
Redbridge 73
Richmond upon Thames 83
Southwark 164
Sutton 101
Tower Hamlets 130
Waltham Forest 86
Wandsworth 142
Westminster 98
London total 4,809