§ Mr. Robert Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report for each of the years for which information is available the total number of referrals to the children's panels in Scotland and the details of disposals and additionally the referrals and disposals for each children's panel area, including re-referrals.
§ Mr. William RossThe information available is in the form of referrals to the reporter and disposals. No information is available about re-referrals. The figures for the years 1971 to 1973 are given in the publication "Scottish Social Work statistics"—1971, tables 3.7 and 3.10; 1972, tables 3.15 and 3.18; 1973, tables 3.19 and 3.22. The 1974 edition of "Scottish Social Work Statistics" will be published later this year.