§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest figure for the number of children in care because of family homelessness.
§ Mr. MellorA 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.
Provisional figures show that there were 420 children in care in England at 31 March 1987 where the specific cause was that their family was homeless.