Mr. T. Morrisasked the Minister of Health whether he can state the number of local authorities who adopt the policy of boarding out with foster parents deserted and orphaned children; and what is the number of such children?
§ Sir K. WoodThe returns made to my Department for the 1st January last show 577W that all the public assistance authorities in England and Wales except five had children boarded out at that date. The total number of children boarded out at that date was 6,396.