HC Deb 01 August 1972 vol 842 cc118-9W
Mr. Tinn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made by the Metropolitan Police in tracing the whereabouts of a ward of court taken from his home, about which the hon. Member for Cleveland wrote to him on 11th July.

Mr. Carlisle

I shall write to the hon. Member when I have a report from the Commissioner of Police.

Mr. Tinn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has of the number of children removed from the jurisdiction of British courts whilst still wards of court in recent years.

Mr. Carlisle

Comprehensive information about such cases is not available. Few have come to the notice of the Home Office.