HC Deb 19 March 1970 vol 798 cc171-3W
Mr. Moonman

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of families from the constituency of Billericay and the County of Essex, respectively, were receiving support during 1968 from the children's department and had a history of mental illness.

Mr. Haseldine

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of families from the constituency of Bradford, West and the City of Bradford, respectively, was receiving support during 1968 from the children's department and had a history of mental illness.

Mr. O'Halloran

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of families from the constituency of Islington, North, and Islington Borough Council, respectively, were receiving support during 1968 from the children's department and had a history of mental illness.

Mr. James Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of families from the constituency of Kingston upon Hull, West and the City of Kingston upon Hull, respectively, were receiving support during 1968 from the childrens department and had a history of mental illness.

Mr. Alldritt

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of families from the constituency of Liverpool, Scotland, and the City of Liverpool, respectively, was receiving support during 1968 from the childrens department and had a history of mental illness.

Mr. Will Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of families from the City of Manchester was receiving support during 1968 from the childrens department and had a history of mental illness.

Mr. Whitlock

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of families from the City of Nottingham were receiving support during 1968 from the childrens department, and had a history of mental illness.

Mr. Judd

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of families from the City of Portsmouth County Borough Council were receiving support during 1968 from the childrens department, and had a history of mental illness.

Mr. Gregory

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of families from Stockport was receiving support during 1968 from the childrens department and had a history of mental illness.

Mr. Alexander Lyon

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of families from the constituency of York were receiving support during 1968 from the childrens department, and had a history of mental illness.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

The local authorities reported that the numbers of families given advice, guidance or assistance by them or on their behalf under Section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 during the 12 months ending 31st March, 1969 were:

Essex County Council … 920
Bradford City Council … 291
Islington London Borough Council … 1,131
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council … 402
Liverpool City Council … 846
Manchester City Council … 649
Nottingham City Council … 765
Portsmouth City Council … 347
Stockport County Borough Council … 307
York City Council … 52

I regret that neither information about the total number of families receiving support from local authority children's departments and the prevalence of mental illness in those families nor figures for particular constituencies are readily available. This information could be obtained only by a search through the individual case records kept by the departments concerned.