HC Deb 11 May 1954 vol 527 cc66-7W
86. Sir H. Williams

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the average annual cost incurred by the local authorities in maintaining a child in a children's home.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

According to local authorities' revised estimates for 1953–54, the average annual estimated cost per child in residential homes and nurseries provided under the Children Act is £308 6s. 4d.