HC Deb 13 December 1982 vol 34 c34W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services which local authorities have met the 1971 guideline figure for residential care places for mentally handicapped children.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The local authorities which have met or are above the target figure set in 1971 for the provision by 1991 of residential places for mentally handicapped children aged up to 15 are as follows:

  • Bury (1980 figures)
  • Manchester
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • Staffordshire (1981 figures)
  • Wolverhampton
  • Camden
  • Greenwich
  • Haringey
  • Hounslow
  • Kingston-upon-Thames (1979 figures)
  • Newham
  • East Sussex
  • Hackney
  • Islington
  • Lewisham
  • Southwark
  • City of London
  • Barnet
  • Brent
  • Enfield
  • Sunderland
  • Cheshire
  • Knowsley
  • Wandsworth
  • Somerset

Note The above information is based on March 1982 figures unless otherwise stated.