§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will list all changes, with dates, which have taken place in the limited list of medicines available under the National Health Service since the introduction of the list.
§ Mr. HayhoeAll changes to the products affected by the selected list scheme are contained in the following Amending Regulations: S.I. 1985 No. 540, S.I. 1985 No. 803 and S.I. 1985 No. 1712. I will send my hon. Friend a copy of each of these regulations.
Number of children aged under 18 years in the population, number of children in care and the number of children in care per 1,000 population aged under 18 years, in England and Wales, 1964–84 At 31 March Number of children aged under 18 years in the population* (in thousands) Number of children in care† Number of children in care per 1,000 population aged under 18 years 1964 12,985 66,281 5.1 1965 13,143 67,099 5.1 1966 13,130 69,157 5.3 1967 13,165 69,405 5.3 1968 13,254 69,358 5.2 1969 13,384 70,188 5.2 1970 13,509 71,210 5.3 1971 13,597 87,377 6.4 1972 13,666 90,586 6.6 1973 13,722 93,188 6.8 1974 13,755 95,867 7.0 1975 13,698 99,120 7.2 1976 13,599 100,628 7.4 1977 13,455 101,158 7.5 1978 13,272 100,646 7.6 1979 13,093 100,085 7.6 1980 12,936 100,158 7.7 1981 12,776 96,896 7.6 1982 12,591 93,238 7.4 1983 12,369 86,552 7.0 1984 12,148 78,889 6.5 * Estimates at 30 June of the previous year.
† The number of children in care includes a small number who were aged 18 or 19 years.