§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress has been made in the recall of 91,179 doses of faulty rubella vaccine that were issued in June and August 1979; and how many rubella vaccinations were given during 1979 to (a) school girls, and (b) women.
§ Sir George YoungThe recall is still proceeding; by 30 January 61,946 doses had been returned. The Department does not collect figures of rubella vaccinations given to adult women. The number of392W of parental contributions. In making this calculation, the number of children on whom little or no expenditure was incurred—for example, children living at home—has been excluded.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many children were being looked after in (a) local authority homes, (b) voluntary homes and (c) private children's homes at the latest convenient date; and how this compares with the figures for the similar period for the previous five years.
§ Sir George YoungFigures of the children being looked after in these three categories of homes are not available. The figures available for children in care at 31 March 1978 and for the previous five years are:
Schoolgirls vaccinated in 1979 will not be known until October this year; in England and Wales 310,287 were vaccinated in 1978.