§ Mr. Norman Hoggasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in the Official Report the number of children (a) in any form of care and (b) in residential care of each regional authority for the years 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980.
§ Mr. FairgrieveFigures for 31 March in each year from 1976 to 1980 are given in the following tables and include children subject to supervision requirements made by children's hearings. No figures were collected for 1975.
(1) Number of children in care of or under supervision by local authority Local authority area 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Borders 186 166 212 211 185 Central 678 604 648 704 714 Dumfries/Galloway 288 305 272 307 321 Fife 697 762 828 859 852 Grampian 1,389 1,358 1,248 1,174 1,126 Highland 493 469 492 628 550 Lothian 2,287 2,093 2,464 2,555 2,498 Strathclyde 9,664 9,603 9,514 8,939 9,133 Tayside 1,577 1,448 1,369 1,435 1,389 Orkney 13 16 23 20 20 Shetland 17 19 17 22 19 Western Isles 29 29 20 34 38 Scotland 17,318 16,872 17,107 16,887 16,845
(2) Number of children in residential care of or under supervision by local authority Local authority area 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 Borders 67 59 59 72 52 Central 212 214 226 203 191 Dumfries/Galloway 94 90 74 85 94 Fife 198 240 287 256 255 Grampian 462 449 446 379 355 Highland 105 110 129 139 138 Lothian 873 831 894 971 962 Strathclyde 3,670 3,713 3,503 3,250 3,306 Tayside 549 490 478 521 542 Orkney 10 7 4 2 7 Shetland 1 2 4 5 5 Western Isles 2 4 5 5 9 Scotland 6,243 6,209 6,109 5,888 5,916