§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate he has made of the percentage of children who have been taken into care at any time from birth to age 16 years over the last 16 years, or other period for which figures are available, in each of the boroughs of London, respectively; and what the number of children was in the latest available year in each borough, respectively.
§ Mr. MoyleThe information is not available to make a reasonable estimate of the percentage of children admitted to care between birth and 16 years of age in each of the London boroughs. The total numbers of children of all ages admitted to care in each Borough in the 12 months ending 31st March 1976—excluding those admitted on remand or interim care orders—are given below. Children admitted to care on more than one occasion will have been recorded more than once.
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Number of Children admitted to Care (excluding interim and remand) during year 1st April 1975 to 31st March 1976 Camden … … … 263 Greenwich … … … 233 Hackney … … … 268 Hammersmith … … … 399 Islington … … … 329 Kensington … … … 302 Lambeth … … … 859 Lewisham … … … 657 Southwark … … … 790 Tower Hamlets … … … 520 Wandsworth … … … 601 Westminster … … … 333 City of London … … … 3 Barking … … … 216 Barnet … … … 134 Bexley … … … 179 Brent … … … 511 Bromley … … … 334 Croydon … … … 379 Ealing … … … 187 Enfield … … … 161 Haringey … … … 405 Harrow … … … 120 Havering … … … 216
Hillingdon … … 187 Hounslow … … 211 Kingston-upon-Thames … … 136 Merton … … 163 Newham … … 273 Redbridge … … 229 Richmond-upon-Thames … … 125 Sutton … … 119 Waltham Forest … … 214