§ Lord Sefton of Garstonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many children have been taken out of care and returned to their parents during the last two years, and how many of these children are reported to have subsequently been ill-treated by their parents.
§ Baroness TrumpingtonInformation is not held centrally about the placement of children on their discharge from local authority care; nor about reports of subsequent ill-treatment.