§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children have been fostered in the past three years; and, of those children, how many children were fostered to grandparents or other relatives.
§ Sir George YoungThe total numbers of children boarded out with foster parents in England and Wales on 31 March in each of the past three years for which figures are available are as follows:
Thousands 1976 33.1 1977 34.0 1978 34.7 Those boarded out with grandparents or other relatives cannot be separately identified.