Teenagers (Residential Care)

HC Deb 07 December 1981 vol 14 cc305-6W

Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many teenagers between the ages of 16 and

January to the hon. Member for Barking (Miss Richardson) Official Report, col. 483, assuming an inflation rate of 12 per cent. in November if the actual rate is not known.

Mrs. Chalker

The information is as follows:

18 years have been discharged from residential care by each local authority for the years 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981; how many have been offered local authority housing; and how many have been accommodated in hotel or bed and breakfast facilities.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

I regret that this information is not available centrally.