§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of the average daily consumption of drinking water in the United Kingdom naturally contains one part per million of fluoride.
§ Mr. Denis HowellI have been asked to reply.
Year Number of children resident in L.A. homes and hostels at 31st March Number of children admitted to homes and hostels during the year Number of children lodging in private households 1977 … … 1,192 2,179† 236* 1976 … … 1,146 — 164* 1975 … … 1,042 — — 1974 … … 1,033 — — 1973 … … 963 — — — Information not collected. * Accommodation arranged and supervised by the Social Services Department. † This total exceeds the number of children involved as some were admitted more than once during the year.
§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the expenditure at current prices by local authorities on services for mentally handicapped children in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MoyleInformation separately identifiable centrally is limited to expenditure in respect of residential homes; and comparable figures exist only for the years
106WFluoride occurs naturally in ground waters in parts of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cleveland, Derbyshire, Dorset and Essex, at concentrations at or greater than 1 part per million, but it is not possible without disproportionate cost to find out how much water is supplied for potable purposes from each source where fluoride occurs naturally.