§ Mr. Eadieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the ratio of Scottish children taken into care through homelessness compared to England and Wales.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellFor the year 1971 the ratio of children taken into care through homelessness in Scotland, per 439W 10,000 children under 18, was 4.72. The comparative—and still provisional—figure in England and Wales, for the 12 months to 31st March, 1972, was 2.20.