§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of redundancies in the woollen textile industry in: (a) 1975 and (b) 1976 to the most recent practicable date; and what was the number of redundancies in the clothing industry in: (a) 1975 and (b) 1976 to the most recent practicable date.
§ Mr. John FraserI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information requested is as follows:
to the care of Gwynedd County Council; how many of these were assessed as needing residential care; and how many received it.
§ Mr. Barry JonesThe following information is available from Home Office statistics for 1974. In that year, of those persons aged under 17 who were sentenced for indictable offences in magistrates' courts in the area covered by the North Wales Police Force, 86 were made the subject of care orders. That area now comprises the counties of Gwynedd and Clwyd, and records do not show separately how many were committed to the care of individual local authorities.
Residential provision is made for all children in the care of the Gwynedd County Council who are assessed as being in need of residential care, including those found guilty of indictable offences.