§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for the Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the number of children taken into care in 1982, 1983 and 1984 for each county in England.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation on the number of children admitted to the care of each of the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties in England during the years ended 31 March 1982, 1983 and, where available 1984, is as follows:
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Year ended 31 March Counties 1982 1983 1984 Cleveland 538 401 355 Cumbria 267 272 211 Durham 410 363 345 Northumberland 170 192 194
Year ended 31 March Counties 1982 1983 1984 Tyne and Wear 1,074 978 ‡899 Humberside 772 691 * North Yorkshire 467 372 * South Yorkshire 801 810 * West Yorkshire 2,009 1,719 ‡1,658 Cheshire 563 498 413 Lancashire 1,259 1,148 1,123 Greater Manchester 2,815 †2,567 * Merseyside 1,625 1,260 ‡1,187 Hereford/Worcester 350 343 299 Shropshire 222 186 225 Staffordshire 545 493 455 Warwickshire 221 194 * West Midlands 2,724 2,386 ‡2,276 Derbyshire 639 700 567 Leicestershire 618 519 * Lincolnshire 433 378 314 Northamptonshire 443 357 * Nottinghamshire 1,004 890 * Bedfordshire 441 367 * Berkshire 434 430 309 Buckinghamshire 298 280 * Cambridgeshire 407 433 * Essex 665 575 550 Hertfordshire 480 408 * Norfolk 485 425 400 Oxfordshire 313 296 * Suffolk 307 328 * Dorset 252 253 * Hampshire 1,025 973 * Isle of Wight 72 50 49 Kent * 628 * Surrey 382 404 * East Sussex 489 423 * West Sussex 261 272 224 Wiltshire 451 417 361 Avon 795 665 579 Cornwall 233 185 * Devon 521 498 * Gloucestershire 299 242 227 Somerset 239 244 230 * Data not yet available centrally. † Incorporates 1982 data for one authority. ‡ Provisional estimates.