§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average cost to local authorities, as notified to his Department, of keeping children between the ages of (a) five to 11 years and 11 to 16 years in care; and what range of costs the average covers.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonInformation is not available in the form requested. However, data published by the CIPFA statistical information service gives average figures for the Welsh counties as follows:
Children—residential accommodation Gross cost per child week excluding capital charges 1985–86 actuals (£) Observation and assessment centres Community homes with education1 Other community homes and hostels1 Clwyd 280.33 — 205.41 Dyfed 204.72 — 225.39 Gwent 317.40 277.40 285.32 Gwynedd 203.63 — 212.06 Mid Glamorgan 798.21 434.10 206.12 Powys — — 147.68
Registration of cancers 1974–83 1974–78 1974–78 1974–78 1979–83 1979–83 1979–83 number annual rate per 100.000 population standardised registration rate number annual rate per 100,000 population standardised registration rate All leukaemias (ICD 204–208) North Wales coast (Clwyd) 102 13.9 132 111 14.0 131 North Wales coast (Gwynedd) 92 11.4 109 104 12.8 117 North Wales coast 194 12.6 120 215 13.4 124 Wales 1,309 9.4 100 1,401 10.0 100 All malignancies (ICD 140–208) North Wales coast (Clwyd) 3,813 520.2 110 4,070 515.0 10S North Wales coast (Gwynedd) 3,898 483.9 104 4,283 527.6 104 North Wales coast 7,711 501.2 107 8,353 521.4 104 Wales 57,839 413.2 100 64,490 458.4 100 These confirm the elevated rates derived from the 1974 to 1978 quinquennial report of the Wales cancer registry. There is no evidence of a readily identifiable cause for this
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Observation and assessment centres Community homes with education1 Other community homes and hostels1 South Glamorgan 633.61 791.28 353.85 West Glamorgan 269.74 366.10 180.37 Wales 316.63 474.86 230.51 1 Own accommodation.