§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report, for each county, the number of children taken into care in the calendar years 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 29 November 1982, c. 82]: Information is not available centrally in the form requested. The available information is given in the table below:
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Number of episodes of child care commencing during year ending 31 March (as a child may enter into more than one episode of care during a year, the figures overstate the numbers of children coming into care). Number of episodes Local Authority Areas 1979 1980 1981 Cleveland 644 756 668 Cumbria 346 372 378 Durham 521 662 529
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Local Authority Areas 1979 1980 1981 Northumberland 166 205 227 Gateshead 111 166 125 Newcastle upon Tyne 374 533 n/a North Tyneside 228 260 213 South Tyneside 215 n/a n/a Sunderland 189 288 283 Humberside 824 897 874 North Yorkshire 582 634 546 Barnsley 184 190 176 Doncaster 330 282 249 Rotherham 232 173 216 Sheffield 418 412 422 Bradford 638 750 773 Calderdale 295 301 256 Kirklees 453 418 458 Leeds 924 1,209 1,135 Wakefield 349 329 335 Cheshire 632 813 713 Lancashire 1,440 1,815 1,690 Bolton 202 228 257 Bury 194 193 227 Manchester 1,499 1,650 1,682 Oldham 129 157 203 Rochdale 220 332 346 Salford 299 320 362 Stockport 221 259 214 Tameside 265 283 233 Trafford 250 219 247 Wigan 225 277 240 Knowsley 186 315 291 Liverpool 832 942 946 Sefton 324 271 311 St. Helens 172 115 171 Wirral 418 453 379 Hereford and Worcester 470 498 491 Salop 368 293 315 Staffordshire 872 770 730 Warwickshire 298 258 272 Birmingham 2,382 2,431 2,039 Coventry 572 528 454 Dudley 160 204 215 Sandwell 278 246 301 Solihull 132 145 144 Walsall 320 330 315 Wolverhampton 284 247 206 Derbyshire 846 828 794 Leicestershire 860 834 778 Lincolnshire 473 484 458 Northamptonshire 464 510 522 Nottinghamshire 1,400 1,375 1,452 Bedfordshire 510 606 541 Berkshire 561 651 522 Buckinghamshire 378 439 420 Cambridgeshire 631 607 549 Essex 974 1,113 870 Hertfordshire 634 672 620 Norfolk 652 619 638 Oxfordshire 424 384 439 Suffolk 445 419 391 Camden 69 173 178 Greenwich 275 276 350 Hackney 559 476 526 Hammersmith 368 318 309 Islington 275 n/a n/a Kensington 242 245 211 Lambeth 812 826 731 Lewisham 549 643 534 Southwark 543 681 526 Tower Hamlets 208 341 n/a Wandsworth 311 556 443 Westminster 268 262 289 City of London 0 0 1 Barking 203 209 191 Barnet 116 93 97 Bexley 156 182 135 Brent 375 345 256 Bromley 222 166 160
Local Authority Areas 1979 1980 1981 Croydon 449 n/a 268 Ealing 288 359 258 Enfield 190 191 164 Haringey 326 313 276 Harrow 96 92 65 Havering 186 153 169 Hillingdon 166 212 188 Hounslow 274 290 230 Kingston-upon-Thames 101 98 88 Merton 106 121 85 Newham 261 281 250 Redbridge 232 n/a 219 Richmond-upon-Thames 110 70 108 Sutton 126 138 113 Waltham Forest 263 175 197 Dorset 318 408 380 Hampshire 1,249 1,254 1,414 Isle of Wight 85 78 76 Kent 805 1,016 1,001 Surrey 464 519 483 East Sussex 715 797 782 West Sussex 436 457 410 Wiltshire 466 557 551 Avon 986 1,028 1,053 Cornwall 240 262 300 Devon 737 715 603 Gloucestershire 405 417 398 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 Somerset 326 343 338