§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list in the Official Report, for each county in Wales, the number of children taken into care in the calendar years 1979, 1980 and 1981;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of children taken into care in Wales in each year during the period May 1979 to October 1982.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is not available in the form requested. The number of care episodes of children entering care during years ended 31 March, is given in the table following:
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Number of care episodes County 1979 1980 1981 Clwyd 292 322 197 Dyfed 226 215 222 Gwent 486 458 495
Health Authority Number Rate* Gwent 88 15.7 Gwynedd 37 13.0 Mid Glamorgan 82 11.0 Powys 17 13.1 South Glamorgan 64 12.4 West Glamorgan 52 11.3 * Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births.
§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will update the answer given to the hon. Member for Carmarthen (Dr. Thomas) on perinatal and infant mortality rates on 22 January, Official Report, c. 193–94.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe available information is contained in the following table.
Number of care episodes County 1979 1980 1981 Gwynedd 168 188 197 Mid Glamorgan 598 500 437 Powys 25 54 37 South Glamorgan 510 524 488 West Glamorgan 307 307 290 WALES 2,612 2,568 2,363
§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in the Official Report for each county in Wales, the number of children in care on 1 January 1979, 1 January 1980, 1 January 1981 and 1 January 1982.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThis information is not available in the form requested. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Harlow (Mr. Newens) on Tuesday 23 November 1982.—[Vol. 32, c.410.]