§
Mrs. Currie
[holding answer 25 March 1988]: A child may be taken into care for a number of reasons of which homelessness may be a contributory factor, although not identified as a specific cause in the statistics.
Information on children in care where the specific cause was that their family was homeless is given in the tables for 1984, 1985 and 1986 for each local authority in England.
| Table 1 Children received into care of local authorities because family homeless (eviction or other cause) during the year ending 31 March, 1984, 1985 and 19862 |
| Numbers |
|
1984 |
1985 |
21985 |
| England |
244 |
212 |
204 |
| Cleveland |
0 |
6 |
0 |
| Cumbria |
0 |
3 |
5 |
| Durham |
4 |
3 |
3 |
| Northumberland |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Gateshead |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
8 |
6 |
10 |
| North Tyneside |
0 |
6 |
1 |
| South Tyneside |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Sunderland |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Humberside |
10 |
8 |
2 |
| North Yorkshire |
11 |
2 |
0 |
| Barnsley |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| Doncaster |
3 |
3 |
9 |
| Rotherham |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Sheffield |
1 |
11 |
11 |
| Bradford |
18 |
11 |
4 |
| Calderdale |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Kirklees |
8 |
2 |
5 |
| Leeds |
3 |
14 |
6 |
| Wakefield |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Cheshire |
5 |
0 |
2 |
| Lancashire |
10 |
11 |
14 |
| Bolton |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Bury |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| Manchester |
3 |
11 |
9 |
| Oldham |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Rochdale |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Salford |
4 |
0 |
8 |
| Stockport |
6 |
0 |
2 |
| Tameside |
10 |
1 |
1 |
| Trafford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Wigan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Knowsley |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Liverpool |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Sefton |
2 |
11 |
2 |
| St. Helens |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Wirral |
2 |
4 |
4 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Shropshire |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Staffordshire |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| Warwickshire |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Birmingham |
9 |
3 |
4 |
| Coventry |
5 |
2 |
1 |
| Dudley |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Sandwell |
1 |
0 |
1 |
665W
|
1984 |
1985 |
21986 |
| Solihull |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Walsall |
3 |
3 |
7 |
| Wolverhampton |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Derbyshire |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Leicestershire |
0 |
4 |
1 |
| Lincolnshire |
3 |
10 |
2 |
| Northamptonshire |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Nottinghamshire |
7 |
5 |
2 |
| Bedfordshire |
6 |
2 |
1 |
| Berkshire |
1 |
3 |
5 |
| Buckinghamshire |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Cambridgeshire |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Essex |
4 |
7 |
3 |
| Hertfordshire |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Norfolk |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Oxfordshire |
6 |
0 |
4 |
| Suffolk |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Camden |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Greenwich |
0 |
3 |
1 |
| Hackney |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Hammersmith |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Islington |
12 |
12 |
12 |
| Kensington |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Lambeth |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lewisham |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| South wark |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Tower Hamlets |
11 |
11 |
11 |
| Wandsworth |
4 |
5 |
4 |
| Westminster |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| City of London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Barking |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Barnet |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bexley |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| Brent |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Bromley |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Croydon |
7 |
1 |
2 |
| Ealing |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Enfield |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Haringey |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Harrow |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Havering |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Hillingdon |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| Hounslow |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Kingston upon Thames |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Merton |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Newham |
0 |
8 |
13 |
| Redbridge |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Richmond upon Thames |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Sutton |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| Waltham Forest |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Dorset |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Hampshire |
2 |
11 |
0 |
| Isle of Wight |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Kent |
4 |
14 |
14 |
| Surrey |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| East Sussex |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| West Sussex |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Wiltshire |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Avon |
8 |
0 |
4 |
| Cornwall |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Devon |
3 |
0 |
10 |
| Gloucestershire |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Somerset |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 1 Estimated from information for previous years. |
| 2 1986 figures are provisional. |
| Table 2 |
| Children received into care of local authorities because family homeless (eviction or other cause) as at 31 March 1984, 1985 and 19862 |
| Numbers |
|
1984 |
1985 |
19862 |
| England |
713 |
598 |
513 |
| Cleveland |
4 |
3 |
3 |
666W
|
1984 |
1985 |
19862 |
| Cumbria |
6 |
8 |
7 |
| Durham |
12 |
11 |
10 |
| Northumberland |
4 |
3 |
1 |
| Gateshead |
3 |
3 |
2 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
11 |
10 |
9 |
| North Tyneside |
7 |
10 |
9 |
| South Tyneside |
8 |
5 |
5 |
| Sunderland |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| Humberside |
9 |
10 |
9 |
| North Yorkshire |
10 |
5 |
3 |
| Barnsley |
12 |
12 |
12 |
| Doncaster |
3 |
8 |
9 |
| Rotherham |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Sheffield |
16 |
16 |
116 |
| Bradford |
23 |
19 |
4 |
| Calderdale |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Kirklees |
9 |
8 |
7 |
| Leeds |
3 |
7 |
8 |
| Wakefield |
12 |
9 |
8 |
| Cheshire |
16 |
14 |
9 |
| Lancashire |
21 |
19 |
18 |
| Bolton |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Bury |
2 |
4 |
0 |
| Manchester |
13 |
15 |
12 |
| Oldham |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Rochdale |
5 |
3 |
3 |
| Salford |
8 |
6 |
10 |
| Stockport |
7 |
3 |
3 |
| Tameside |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Trafford |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Wigan |
6 |
5 |
5 |
| Knowsley |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Liverpool |
25 |
0 |
0 |
| Sefton |
7 |
6 |
4 |
| St. Helens |
5 |
5 |
3 |
| Wirral |
5 |
6 |
4 |
| Hereford and Worcester |
7 |
8 |
6 |
| Shropshire |
15 |
9 |
6 |
| Staffordshire |
21 |
13 |
12 |
| Warwickshire |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Birmingham |
7 |
4 |
4 |
| Coventry |
11 |
7 |
5 |
| Dudley |
6 |
6 |
5 |
| Sandwell |
3 |
7 |
4 |
| Solihull |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Walsall |
6 |
6 |
7 |
| Wolverhampton |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| Derbyshire |
2 |
3 |
2 |
| Leicestershire |
4 |
3 |
2 |
| Lincolnshire |
5 |
1 |
3 |
| Northamptonshire |
9 |
6 |
6 |
| Nottinghamshire |
12 |
9 |
10 |
| Bedfordshire |
15 |
12 |
8 |
| Berkshire |
14 |
15 |
9 |
| Buckinghamshire |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Cambridgeshire |
6 |
4 |
4 |
| Essex |
15 |
12 |
9 |
| Hertfordshire |
12 |
12 |
10 |
| Norfolk |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Oxfordshire |
4 |
3 |
1 |
| Suffolk |
8 |
6 |
6 |
| Camden |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Greenwich |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| Hackney |
5 |
5 |
3 |
| Hammersmith |
7 |
5 |
3 |
| Islington |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Kensington |
8 |
7 |
5 |
| Lambeth |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Lewisham |
1 |
1 |
11 |
| Southwark |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Tower Hamlets |
124 |
124 |
124 |
| Wandsworth |
5 |
4 |
4 |
| Westminster |
4 |
4 |
2 |
| City of London |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Barking |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Barnet |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Bexley |
0 |
0 |
0 |
667W
|
1984 |
1985 |
19862 |
| Brent |
3 |
5 |
4 |
| Bromley |
4 |
4 |
2 |
| Croydon |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| Ealing |
5 |
5 |
4 |
| Enfield |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Haringey |
5 |
4 |
3 |
| Harrow |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Havering |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Hillingdon |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Hounslow |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Kingston upon Thames |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Merton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Newham |
0 |
1 |
11 |
| Redbridge |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Richmond upon Thames |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Sutton |
2 |
1 |
3 |
| Waltham Forest |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dorset |
13 |
10 |
9 |
| Hampshire |
40 |
32 |
26 |
| Isle of Wight |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Kent |
13 |
113 |
113 |
| Surrey |
3 |
4 |
5 |
| East Sussex |
9 |
4 |
6 |
| West Sussex |
8 |
7 |
6 |
| Wiltshire |
13 |
12 |
5 |
| Avon |
12 |
11 |
10 |
| Cornwall |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Devon |
20 |
14 |
114 |
| Gloucestershire |
5 |
3 |
3 |
| Somerset |
4 |
2 |
2 |
| 1 Estimated from information for earlier years. |
| 2 The 1986 figures are provisional. |